“Reading Omnivore’s Dilemma, one realizes that something is missing. Something that could tie many of Pollan’s points into something greater…Something one could understand at a glance…What the book needs is pictures! More specifically: flowcharts! Pollan discusses the hidden costs of cheap beef creation via factory farming. While the paragraphs he devotes to the topic are substantial in detail, one may not walk away with a quick understanding of the big picture. A good flowchart could help here.
After scouring google image search for “hidden costs of beef” themed flowcharts and coming up with nothing, I decided to take it upon myself to create such a chart. My chart is limited to the mere production of the cattle meat (so it excludes its extraction, transportation, and consumption). The chart is crude; it lacks hard numbers and neglects to compare the magnitude of the various issues presented. However, it does successfully, I think, show an overview of the inter-connectivity between farmers, factory farm production of beef, and its human and environmental consequences. “
(Source: foodbubbles.com)
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