FFN .. FTW!

    One of the things that reading Fast Food Nation has prompted me to do is spread the word. Everytime I read a crazy fact or got through a gross story, I would feel the urge to tell a friend.. or group of friends. My intention was only to make the people around me aware of the things I learned but was previously oblivious to. This back fired on me one night while my friends and I were hanging around talking. I had just finished reading 'What's in the Meat' and after telling them about what I read, they decided that we should play a game in which whomever lost the game would have to eat a hot dog. Needless to say, I ended up the loser in more ways than one. I've been a fan of hot dogs but after having just read that section, it made the hot dog so much harder to swallow..literally.
    Because fast food already isn't something I'm a fan of, that aspect of  book hasn't really had an affect on me. I think the end of the book, reading about the meat-packing industry, is what hit home. Although I don't eat tons of meat, I do enjoy a burger every once in a while. Reading about the practices in the industry has made me sick to my stomach. Now I'm faced with the dilemma of how I can still continue to consume meat products without taking into consideration all the things I've learned reading the book. I know I won't become a vegetarian, so as of now, the only thing I've found is to come up with is to buy grass-fed free-range WAY MORE EXPENSIVE beef and chicken. Unfortunately not everyone has that option, so I strongly feel that it is up to the government and those greedy politicians to stop operating with their own interest in mind and start doing what they promised to do when they took office which is do whatever was in the best interest of the American people. The United States one of the most powerful countries on the planet and if other countries can implement changes to improve the practices of their meat-packing industry, why can't we?!