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Industrial Organic (Petaluma Poultry Company (pg.147) (Their is no…
Industrial Organic
Petaluma Poultry Company (pg.147)
They have organic chickens (pg. 147)
The chickens are killed after they are 7 weeks old. (pg. 148)
The chickens are Cornish Cross Broilers (pg. 148)
A breed that is for the industrial food chain (pg. 148)
They are the fastest growing chickens (pg. 148)
The turn corn into meat faster than any other bird. (pg. 148)
They go from egg to full grown size in just 7 weeks (pg. 148)
Killed / Die
Their is no antibiotics given to the chickens. (pg. 149)
They are all genetically alike. (pg. 149)
When one gets sick they all get sick (pg. 149)
An infection can kill 20,000 birds overnight. (pg. 149)
Because there is no antibiotics or hormones i their feed to make them grow faster, they get to live a little longer. (pg. 150)
There are pros and cons to not having antibiotics, but the pros out way the cons. (pg. 154)
Organic Cows (pg. 155)
They are not fed corn that has residues of atrazine. (pg. 155)
They do this because they don't know if the hormones are affecting kids who drink non-organic milk (pg. 155)
.1 part per billion can change the sex of frogs. (pg.155)
Industrial Organic is not cheap. (pg. 154)
But it is better for your health (pg. 154)
At least $34 for a good meal to feed a family of 3. (pg. 153)
You get what you are paying for.
Since there is no pesticides or any other chemicals it makes the Industrial Organic food chain safer for you ( pg. 154)
Organic food was craved in 1990 ( pg 136)
all sorts of foods with labels like ¨natural¨ and ¨organic¨ began to show up in supermarkets (pg 137)
congress passed a law telling the USDA to decide on some rules for organic food (pg 137)
a debate began to determine the future of the organic industry (pg 137)
wanted the right to call gmo food organic (pg 138 )
a flood of protest forced the USDA back to the drawing board (pg 138)
wanted to be able to fertilize their organic" fields with sewage sludge ( pg 138 )
new rules cleared the way for a huge growth in the organic food market ( pg 139 )
organic farming rules do not allow chemical weed killers ( pg 140 )
Greenways had to create another method ( pg 140 )
the fields are worked to get any weed seeds to grow ( pg 140 )
a tractor plows the fields to kill them several times ( pg 140 )
when crops are high farm workers use propane torches to burn weeds by hand ( pg 140 )
no toxic runoff into rivers an oceans
damages the soil ( pg 140 )
it kills off the nitrogen - fixing bacteria that make the soil fertile ( pg 140 - 141 )
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industrial organic farmers have to add a lot of nitrogen fertilizer to their fields ( pg 141 )
business boom overnight (pg 137 )
cascadian borrowed too much money to increase their population ( pg 137 )
Cascadian was forced to sell control to Welch's ( pg 137 )
animals and land wont be doused with chemicals ( pg 139 )
cows become healthy
meat is safer to consume
benefits environment and the public health ( pg 139 )