The Breakfast You Eat: Brought To You by Corporate Interests

[c1ue]

Re: The Breakfast You Eat: Brought To You by Corporate Interests

Hell c1ue, you haven't even scratched the surface.

Let my ask you...if you don't buy your breakfast from one of the entities in the above post, who are you going to buy it from?

Let's see...Cargill? Archer Daniels Midland? UEP? Tyson Foods? Perdue Farms?

Come now, you don't really believe that Old MacDonald's Farm is going to feed your family, do you? Just trace the distribution of all those infamous ag subsidies that your Congress is so in love with. How much to do you really think goes to that fictitious entity called "the family farm"...

I'm quite unclear what your point is.

In fact I don't drink orange juice every day. I do occasionally drink it.

I don't eat breakfast cereal (although I used to). I didn't stop because of any particular anti-corporate issue, I simply don't eat breakfast cereal anymore - rather usually consuming bread maker toast.

I don't drink coffee. No particular taboo - just never got into it.

I do eat donuts occasionally, but I've bought Dunkin' Donuts maybe twice in my entire life.

I do eat bagels occasionally, and usually Lender's (on sale).

I don't actually believe corporations are fundamentally evil - I have a couple myself.

On the other hand, I do believe in exposing corporate machinations for all to see.

There's nothing wrong with a corporation pushing orange juice on an unsuspecting population - that's their job. It is no different than the consumerization of Christmas, the invention of Valentine's day, and so forth.

Equally, however, these machinations shouldn't be treated as business as usual.

[DSpencer]

Re: The Breakfast You Eat: Brought To You by Corporate Interests

It doesn't always have to be expensive. I've gotten several sides of beef from a family-owned ranch in Wickenburg, AZ. They raise their cattle on open pasture without using hormones or antibiotics. They use a humane butcher facility next to the ranch... the animals are never stressed by being hauled on a truck to a feedlot.

Dry aged, cut to my request, wrapped, labelled and frozen, the last time I bought it worked out to about $4.50/pound. That included steaks, roasts and lean ground beef.

The ranch is pretty interesting. They've put a lot of thought and work into creating a balanced ecosystem that conserves the cattle, the predators, the grass and water. They also grow organic apples and peaches. It's a little slice of heaven, and I like supporting them.

True. I didn't mean it as an absolute. Usually getting it at good prices sacrifices convenience though. Buying in bulk, frozen and buying cuts I don't necessarily want (not big into roasts) all lower the overall value for me.

Still 4.50/lb is great. That's awesome you've found that. I hope that caring about food is a growing trend.