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[jettakd]

80 Percent of Chicken Growers Never Sanitize Poop-Filled Crates

-By Tom Philpott | Tue Jan. 31, 2012 4:13 PM PST

I was going to call this post "The Poultry Industry's Dirty Secret," but then I got to thinking: Isn't that too broad? It raises the question of which dirty secret-the fact that it turns independent family farmers into low-income serfs

Comments

[d00ditsemily]

Wait... Tyson is dangerous to eat? That's the only chicken I eat really, I'm screwed.

[d00ditsemily]

Yeah, I don't buy already breaded food and I wash my chicken before I use it.

[jettakd]

http://www.huliq.com/8059/89250/tyson-foster-farms-chickens-harbor-most-dangerous-bacteria

Tyson is the most dangerous meat company to get chicken from. They harbor the most deadly bacteria of any chicken company. I really recommend switching to a different brand of chicken for your own safety.

[spyral_path]

And people wonder why I don't eat meat.

[lady_grace]

Why I'm a vegetarian, yeesh.

[breexbree]

Why I'm gradually lowering my meat consumption and upping my veg-only recipe box.
(Hard to go vegetarian on college budget/time but I am doing what I can.)

[lady_grace]

I'd recommend frozen veggies, canned beans (rinse before using), and cheaper grains/legumes like lentils (I know) or brown rice. Also I know it's harder to cook during college, but if you make a big pot of something over the weekend, you can then eat it for the rest of the week.

[breexbree]

Yeah I'm planning to make a huge pot of beans packed with onions and peppers and stuff this weekend (crockpot is a lifesaver). I'm packed with frozen veggies that work for side dishes, but some of the main entree type stuff I come across needs fresh ingredients.

[jettakd]

I can't afford to buy free range, but my diet needs animal fats in i t, so I just stay aware of which ones are healthiest and disease-free. Here in the US it's Perdue, I think.

[jettakd]

OMG YOU TOO? XD I totally have the cow meat cravings during that time.

The issue for me mainly, is that I live in a very small, semi-rural area right now. P. much the only food store of quality? Walmart. Which is really sad. When I move to Nashville later this year, it should be easier for me to make food buying decisions.

[13chapters]

Glad I'm vegetarian tbh. I do eat eggs, but when I buy them for myself, I make sure I get free range. otoh I've heard (from Michael Pollan, maybe?) that "free range" isn't that great either. IDEK, it's so hard to buy food ethically. I just hope that growing consumer awareness of treatment of animals will improve the availability (and lower the cost) of ethical meat production.

[jettakd]

Free range really depends on where you are getting it from. Free range from a chain like Whole Foods? I wouldn't trust. Free range from a farmer's market is much more reliable.

[13chapters]

Yeah, I agree, but there is no farmer's market in the winter.

[jettakd]

I feel dumb cause I honestly didn't think about that. Since I live in the South, the farmer's market, at least part of it, stays open all year round.