Death to Factory Farms

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Factory farms take us further away from a common bond between mankind and animals that help us exist and thrive, the author argues.
Factory farms take us further away from a common bond between mankind and animals that help us exist and thrive, the author argues.
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"Slow Food Almanac" advocates the belief that people have been too far removed from the cooking and creation of their food, and that simple meals made with love and care are a more rewarding and sustaining experience.

Slow Food Almanac (Slow Food, 2013) argues that something valuable has been lost in this era of fast food and instant gratification. Humanity needs the pleasure meals made with love and attention, and from locally grown ingredients. A global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world, Slow Food International promotes the pleasure of good food with a commitment to their community and the environment. Factory farms are discussed in this excerpt, and the author makes a call for a human treatment of our animal partners.

Welfare for All

One day, many thousands of years ago, probably in Iraq, or somewhere else in the Fertile Crescent, a man approached a wolf, one with a friendly nature, less aggressive than its companions. He began to spend time with it and feed it, separating it from the pack and controlling its reproduction by selecting only the most docile pups. In short, he began to domesticate it, initiating the extraordinary relationship between humans and dogs that has continued ever since.

Domestication

From that initial approach, followed by domestication and the use of animals by humans, the story of humanity changed and the unstoppable evolutionary phenomenon that we rush to call “progress” began. The domestication of animals stimulated an immense leap in the history of civilization, to the point that the populations that domesticated animals dominated those that did not. But that initial gesture of approach between two species of mammals also meant an assumption of responsibility by humans towards these living beings subordinated to their needs.

  • Published on May 28, 2014
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