My eyes are now open

The film “Food Inc.” that we watched in class Friday was yet another wake up call to what food I eat everyday. Actually seeing the animals living conditions shocked me. I have always heard how animals are mistreated before they are killed but never truly thought about it. The cows were in groups of thousands, crowed and standing in their own fesses most of the time. Not only that, but they are fed corn to save money even though cows are made to eat grass. This is probably one of the most ignorant decisions that I’ve ever heard. We have no problem paying over the top prices for clothes and cars but when it comes to our food we always are trying to cut costs. Isn’t food be what we are putting the most money into? It’s not like we can live of a new designer handbag… Our proprieties are obviously misconstrued within the United States and I don’t know what we can do to change the public eye. These cows we are being treated like dirt and they are the things going into our bodies to stay alive. I say our food sound be our main priority and NOTHING should come in the way of that, especially money. The fact that this little money (time, focus) is put into the process of making our food only makes it clearer I need to start taking control of my food choices. Since this realization I found myself not going near meat. I’m not sure if this is going to last or if this is a good thing but for now, I consider myself a newfound vegetarian.