Topic > The Pleasure of Eating by Werry Berry Summary - 1225

Says: “It follows that there is great sorrow in knowing a food economy that degrades and abuses those arts and those plants and animals and the soil from which they come from. For anyone who knows anything about the modern history of food, eating out can be a chore. My inclination is to eat seafood instead of red meat or poultry when I travel. Although I am by no means a vegetarian, I do not like the thought that some animal has been made miserable to feed me (Berry 41).” For example, there's a place in Coalinga, California called Harris Ranch. This is the home of the famous beef. One bad thing about this place is that there is not enough space for the cows to move and they are not free to eat. They were all locked up in their concentration camps where they were fed hormones and tortured by peasants. It's really sad when cows live their whole lives without hope. This is because those arrogant farmers think that it would be right and good to treat these cows terribly and make money. So eating cows surrounded by fences is not a smart idea because their injuries and hormones contribute to poor health. “If I'm going to eat meat, I want it to come from an animal that has lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on abundant pasture, with good water nearby and trees for shade. And I'm becoming almost as much