Sunday, February 10, 2013
Article Links for Topic 5 - In the Grass
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Kristen P EDA #2 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic Group: In the Grass
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4174/victory_for_smithfield_workers/ Article has bias, but addresses some issues with Smithfield workers.
Cody C. EDA#4 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteI agree because that's basically all that people care about, cheap food. Barely anybody actually cares about where it comes from or how it was made. In the film there was a family that was living off the dollar menu. The father of the family had Diabetes and to be able to pay for his medication, they had to eat cheaply. In my family we also try to eat cheaper but we also eat healthy. We try to find a balance in between cheap fast food, and expensive fruits and vegetables.
I would say that the Polyface Farms chickens slaughtering was way more humane than the Smithfield hogs. The workers at Polyface are way happier and they can switch positions with other people when they want to. It isn't dangerous for them as well. However the workers at Smithfield were treated terribly and they had to work in dangerous conditions. They also had to stay in the same position, doing the same thing, all day long. Its just not healthy for the human body or the pigs.
I do think they have the right to recruit foreign workers, however before they start working they need to become legal US citizens. Another thing they need to do is make sure they are being sanitary. Another thing they need to do with not just foreign workers but all workers is get them moving. Its not healthy for them to constantly be doing the same movements.
It can hurt our economy and it can take away jobs locally. It will take away jobs because we will be importing workers. Therefore local workers wont be employed for that position. I think that if we are going to be importing workers, we need to have the local people get them first and give the rest to foreigners.
I think this statement is very true. They treat their workers like crap. The working conditions are completely unsanitary, enough to make their fingernails fall off and to make them sick. It influences the treatment of the workers and hogs because when the workers are treated bad, its going to forward to the animals. Its already bad enough for the pigs but this just makes it worse. If i had to do this job I would do it for $18 an hour. I would also want to not be stuck in the same position all day and have sanitary conditions. I feel that my health is more important than getting paid a lot.
I honestly don't think they would try to meet my demand. They would find another person that would do it for a smaller amount of money. If there were people like me that wouldn't do work they would just get rid of us. After all, most slaughterhouses have an average turnover rate of every 90 days. That is crazy, there is hardly enough time to even train their workers. To make sure eating meat doesn't harm themselves or animals they could cook it to the required temperature and make sure they eat it before the expiration date.
Yes. Our schools and towns can buy food from companies that are organic, dont carry genetically modified ingredients, and that slaughter their animals humanely. This would influence the situation because the companies that do all of these bad things will realize they aren't getting business and have to change to accommodate our needs.
It is connected to the food we eat because they are the ones growing, picking, slaughtering, and transporting all of it. They are all doing these jobs because they get paid less than what an american worker would make, often below minimum wage.This is how the food business thrives. If it weren't for the immigrant workers then maybe we wouldn't have food on our plates, maybe we would have to go get it on our own.
Tyler M EDA Period 4 Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic group 5-In the Grass
After immigration raid, workers protest conditions in Iowa meatpacking plant-https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/07/iowa-j30.html
Factory Farming: Treating Animals like Commodities-http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2011/05/19/factory-farming-treating-animals-like-commodities/
Dangers, tensions lurk in meatpacking industry-http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12408159/#.URvmGaXFV7s
Cody C. EDA Period#4 Topic 5 In The Grass Links
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-08/features/chi-humane-society-releases-animal-abuse-video-20120508_1_animal-abuse-tyson-foods-tyson-statement This article includes a graphic video of pig abuse
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/why-we-havent-seen-inside-a-broiler-chicken-factory-farm-in-a-decade/#.URvlDqVQV7s This article talks about how a broiler chicken factory works.
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/undercover-investigation-oklahoma-pig-farms-reveals-systemic-cruelty-factory-farming-video.html This article has an extremely graphic video also showing what factory farms do to pigs
Corinn C. EDA Period 4, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cis.org/2006SwiftRaids
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12408159/
Corinn C. EDA Period 4, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic #5 In The Grass
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12408159/
http://www.cis.org/2006SwiftRaids
Jacob F. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteCorn-Fed Vs. Grass-Fed Beef by Karen Eisenbraun
http://www.healthytheory.com/corn-fed-vs-grass-fed-beef
Industrialized Farming Leaves Behind More than a Bad Smell by Andrew
http://www.animalwelfareapproved.org/2010/03/05/industrialized-farming-leaves-behind-more-than-a-bad-smell/
A Crackdown on Employing Illegal Workers by Julia Preston
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/us/politics/30raid.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Kristen P EDA #1 Pelfrey
ReplyDeletehttp://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4174/victory_for_smithfield_workers/ Article has bias, but addresses some issues with Smithfield workers.
Mary Lou W
ReplyDeleteEDA Period 1
Mrs.Carr
Grass, Grain, Beef and E. coli
Paul Ebner, PhD
http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/faen/grass%20fed%20e%20coli.html
Corn-Fed Vs. Grass-Fed Beef
Karen Eisenbraun
http://www.healthytheory.com/corn-fed-vs-grass-fed-beef
Birds on Factory Farms
ASPCA
http://www.aspca.org/Fight-Animal-Cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty/birds-on-factory-farms
Slaughterhouse Workers
Food Empowerment Project
http://www.foodispower.org/slaughterhouse_workers.php
MaryH. per1 Carr topic group #5 In the grass
ReplyDeletehttp://beyondfactoryfarming.org/get-informed/industrial-vs-family-farms-comparison
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=that-burger-youre-eating-is-mostly-corn
Ashley I. EDA Period 2 Ms. Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic 5: In the Grass
Article #1:California farmers eager for immigration reform by Ricardo Lopez
URL:http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-immigration-farm-labor-20130202,0,5337217.story
Article #2:Human Trafficking of Thai workers shows U.S. map of exploitation by Sarah Williams
URL:http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/02/16/human-trafficking-thai-workers-us/
Noah G. EDA 4 Pelfrey Topic 5 In the grass
ReplyDeletehttp://www.las-elc.org/printpdf/undocumented-workers-employment-rights
In this article this showing the rights of undocumented workers that are working for companys.
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/workingconditions.htm
This article is showing what workers are suppose to work in.
Jennifer R., EDA Period 1, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic Group #5: In The Grass
1) Corn-Fed Vs. Grass-Fed Beef:
http://www.healthytheory.com/corn-fed-vs-grass-fed-beef
Author: Karen Eisenbraun
2) American Workers Victimized by Immigration:
http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc1001/article_839_printer.shtml
Author: Roy Beck
3)Industrialized Farming Leaves Behind More than a Bad Smell:
http://www.animalwelfareapproved.org/2010/03/05/industrialized-farming-leaves-behind-more-than-a-bad-smell/
Author: Andrew
Anthony Gonzalez EDA Carr P.1
ReplyDeleteHow are illegal immigrants treated in factories?
http://www.enotes.com/illegal-immigration-article
What does E-coli affect?
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/ecoli.html
Rachel W.
ReplyDeleteEDA Period 1
Mrs. Carr
http://www.healthytheory.com/corn-fed-vs-grass-fed-beef
http://foodispower.org/slaughterhouse_workers.php
http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm
Marshall Hoopingarner
ReplyDeleteEDA 3
Pelfrey
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3108/osha3108.html
About safety and health in meat processing plants.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/28/nation/la-na-immigrant-nebraska28-2010jan28
A family that moved to America and got jobs at a processing plant
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/05/iowa-m14.html
About a raid that took place in Iowa.
Audrey Franada EDA #2 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic Group 5 Links
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/250/meat-packing.html Somewhat vague, but it compares the conditions in the meatpacking industry from the time of The Jungle to today.
http://www.eatwild.com/animals.html A little biased, see the site name, but addresses the benfits of traditional farming versus the feedlots.
Brilliana G. EDA Per 4, Ms. Carr
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/us/california-slaughterhouse-video
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/21/721771/usda-slaughterhouse-shutdown/
Cody C. EDA Period#4 Pelfrey Topic 5 In The Grass Links
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-08/features/chi-humane-society-releases-animal-abuse-video-20120508_1_animal-abuse-tyson-foods-tyson-statement This article includes a graphic video of pig abuse
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/why-we-havent-seen-inside-a-broiler-chicken-factory-farm-in-a-decade/#.URvlDqVQV7s This article talks about how a broiler chicken factory works.
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/undercover-investigation-oklahoma-pig-farms-reveals-systemic-cruelty-factory-farming-video.html This article has an extremely graphic video also showing what factory farms do to pigs
Pat H. EDA 4 Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteGrass Fed vs. Corn Fed. Craigh Walsh: http://www.luciesfarm.com/artman/publish/article_85.php
Slaughterhouse accused of inhumane treatment. . Aaron Cooper : http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/27/business/california-slaughterhouse-video
E coli found in Nestle's Factory: Buniesswire: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090630006368/en/FDA-Finds-E.-coli-Sample-Nestle%E2%80%99s-Factory
Bailey Carretino
ReplyDeleteEDA # 4 Carr
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/investigations.aspx
http://www.foodispower.org/slaughterhouse_workers.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/opinion/06iht-edmeat.html?_r=0
Jessi P.
ReplyDeleteEDA 4
Carr
Ahttp://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/06/12/immigration-summit-are-undoc-workers-really-taking-american-jobs/re undocumented workers really taking American jobs?
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-farmers-depend-on-illegal-immigrants-100541644/162082.html
Nathaniel D.EDA Period 4, Mrs.Carr
ReplyDeleteGroup 5 in the grass
Immigration and Meatpacking in the Midwest
Georgeanne M. Artz
migration.ucdavis.edu/cf/files/2012-may/artz-choices-paper.pdf
The Most Dangerous Job in America
Eric Schlosser
www.motherjones.com/.../dangerous-meatpacking-jobs-eric-schlosser
Naivi B Period #4 EDA Mrs carr
ReplyDeleteHolocaust Survivor to Lead Protest of L.A. Slaughterhouse-http://laist.com/2012/10/01/holocaust_survivor_to_lead_protest_of_la_slaughterhouse.php
Abuses Against Workers Taint U.S. Meat and Poultry-http://www.hrw.org/news/2005/01/24/abuses-against-workers-taint-us-meat-and-poultry