Mark Bittman is Right Again!!

I just read the NY Times opinion pages column by Mark Bittman.  This guy is a great.  His cookbooks are a major inspiration, I use his How to Cook Everything Vegetarian as a guide very often.  What makes his recipes/cookbooks so valuable is that he tells you all the variations that can be done, and so each recipe is often more like 4 or 5 recipes.

But, back to his Op-Ed piece from the NYT.  He is trying to get the message out that we are mistreating the animals we call food, and protecting those that are pets.  While the protecting pets is respected, the “food” animals are getting screwed.  And the powers of agribusiness want to reduce our ability to find out about it.

He and I agree about this too….We raise way too many animals for food.  Our government subsidizes meat production in many ways, such as corn prices.  If meat was raised “better”, and costs were true, we as a nation would eat leass of it.  If people were aware of farming practices, many would simply stop eating it.  That’s what happend for me.

Still, of course many would continue.  But if they knew the conditions resulting from their action, they very well might be moved to improve the lot of our animals we share life with.

So thanks again, Mr. Bittman.  You use your forum at the NY Times well!