Quote of the day

"I am convinced that we, as adults, must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets, laughter, the taste of a good meal, the warmth of a hickory fire shared by real friends, the joy of discovery and accomplishment, the constant surprises of life. "
-Eliot Wigginton

Eating Animals

Don't trust your eyes. Trust your head.

Timberline

Fog lifted slower than the sap

dripping off the ragged bark

of the neighboring sugar maple.

Woodpeckers echoed the deep wooded forest

like no other creature from this land.

Walking deeper, crunching leaves with every step.

Just over the hillside

a man stands

in a clearing,

chainsaw in hand.

 

Consumption Can’t Function

Slaving away each day

robots are breathing,  while some aren’t

repetition and more hot conditions     

for the sweat keeps dripping.

Supplied with the goods,

oxides and dioxides

are cousins of fire.

Fumes released into the wild,

dark clouds billowing,

fogging the atmosphere.

A Brief Life History

It sways when the wind blows

then it stops, and it flows,

glazing pancakes for a living.

Misty fields echo, and silence takes a breath

exhaling disrupting the dead from their rest

waking the new with a fresh start

sailors’ only friend, is the calling before the storm.

With a powerful sway, the dance begins

no warnings of such an event,

although there is wiggle room,

tributaries forming from birth

to old age, if you know my background

you would know I’m elaborate

with everything I do.

Raised in a box and fed like a slave,

tough faded-pink skin, slaughtered,

into a salty strip.

Quote

How we eat determines how the earth is used.

Wendell Berry, "The Pleasures of Eating"

Animals Are Friends, Not Food

Finding Nemo did it right. "Fish Are Friends, Not Food."

Cow's are friends, not food. Pigs are friends, not food. Does that work too?

Food Inc. was an emotional film that brought out the worst of the food industry in the United States. The movie has forced me to contemplate nearly every type of food that enters my human body, whether it be an animal or something processed with corn in it. I have considered becoming a vegetarian at one other point in my life, just to be "healthy." I have now come to this consideration for the second time in my life, and the reasons are similar but not the same. I'm still striving to be healthy as a person, but now my concerns are for the animals that most likely lived a bad life. I have eaten chicken once since watching this film, and nearly regurgitated the tenders. The trickiest part for me is finding others sources of protein. We are all in control of the food industry. Sometimes we forget the truth, but we have the power to control what is presented at grocery stores and farmers markets. Supply and Demand. It seems like the biggest issue is making people aware. Also, the amounts of corn used in food and other products today is sickening.

-James

Dead Chicken

I chose vegetables and fish over chicken for lunch
The feathery creature spoke to me, while in line
"I had a rough life," go for the veges
They have a nice crunch.