finger lickin’ good
It takes about 30 minutes to watch this series of videos, but I think it is well worth the time. I am so glad that Jamie Oliver hosted this dinner, and that he is using his celebrity powers for good. I don’t really know how to get people to think about where that 99 cent value meal chicken sandwich came from or why meat would ever be that cheap or how, in this economy, to get people to want to pay the proper value for food, and buy food that has been treated ethically. Farmers are continually pushed beyond their capacity and forced into these practices so that they can make a small profit; but there is no food shortage in this world and at some point they, we, have to say enough is enough. At what point do we stand up to free market trade and capitalism and say this is too excessive, we don’t need this much chicken or meat, not at this cost, not with these practices? Isn't there an ethical duty to be honest about how supply can not meet our demand, that we have become too greedy, too gluttonous about how cheaply we want to eat? I think there is a real price being paid for the average consumers behavior, and somehow this has to change. Maybe if more people become aware of how their food is actually produced, of what actually happens, they will want to change their consumption practices. Maybe it means more dinners of beans and rice and a lot less drive through dinners for average families. I know times are hard, but should chicken really cost less than dog food?