I think people that want to know are well informed. But most just choose to ignore. Once I learned about industrial farming I stopped buying my meat from retailers, started raising my own and buying from small local ranchers. Industrial farms like the one pictured here force animals to live in overcrowded conditions where they are fed a diet of unhealthy foods that fatten quickly. Conditions are so bad that the animals have to be injected with hormones, steroids and antibiotics just to survive the process. This whole process also significantly pollutes the environment.

Pasture raised animals live a happier and healthier life. My animals free range and eat natural foods they forage for themselves.

Don’t buy meat from a store. Buy from a local farmer where you can see how it was raised and ask what it was fed.

Also, buying locally introduces the concept of a circular economy. This keeps the money in the hands of people that earned it instead of forfeiting, a fee to a bank every time you swipe a card.