Chapter 6&7 Fast Food Nation

These two chapters hit very close to home. They told about the cattle industry and how it is used for produce in the fast food nation. The way they described the industrialized beef production and slaughter is right on the money. My dad hauls cattel to the kill plants. ive been with on several occasions.

Cattle have always been a big part of my life growing up. I was involved in things in the cattle industry that few people in my county were part of. I was a milk producer. You might not think it was that big of an industry but we did it for 50 years. The milk we produced was used at the American Milk Producers processing plant in Minnesota. It was an honor for me to be apart of that. It made me think i was helping the nation. What i was really doing was providing food for people just like fast food provided food for people. I may have hated the early mornings and late nights but it was all worth it. When you know you are helping people to survive it makes you feel like a good person. When the milk truckcame every other day i always had a chat with the driver as to how the government was using our product for much larger things than i knew about. Our milk was shipped to Land O Lakes and they are a sponsor of fast food chains. I was a contributor to the nation of fast food. We didnt contribute much; but it was a small proprtion that was filled. With this came the perks of cheese at a lower price along with the free milk i got for breakfast every morning from the tank. Some people think that its gross; but man did i love it!

When they talk about the slaughter houses in chapter 7 is right where it needs to be. The lsaughter houses are a discusting place. The smell is so riveting in your nose at the loading chute your stomach turnes over 4 times moe than normal. If you think the local butcher shop smells bad in the back wait till you smell the slaughter houses in the city. It is about 10 times worse. It has gotten better over the years with the new regulations they have to follow but it is still bad.