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Maybe Farmers should be required to print a photo of the actual living bird and their habitat on the packaging. When consumers would see those scruffy chicken f
by arendtio 7y ago
Maybe Farmers should be required to print a photo of the actual living bird and their habitat on the packaging. When consumers would see those scruffy chicken for $2 compared to the healthy $7 they might choose the organic ones more often.
Killed and unfeathered they all look the same.
- Epskampie 7y agoWhile I agree with the sentiment, in the long run that would just lead to quick-growing chickens that look nice but are as unhealthy as they are now. See "purebreed" dogs.
- erikig 7y agoThis reminded me of the "Colin the Chicken" skit on Portlandia where a couple ordering chicken gets to see its birth certificate, diet, emotional profile, heritage and family... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4
- rmtech 7y agoI would not pay 3.5× as much for chicken just to look at a nice photo. Chicken breast in Europe costs about $7-10/kg. I'm not made of money, I can't afford $30/kg chicken.
- agumonkey 7y agoIn Europe, people still buy cigarettes as much as before even though they're generic and covered with morbid pictures of various gruesome diseases.
- senorjazz 7y agoNot sure any body is actually addicted to chicken in the same way
- stefanfisk 7y agowell... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noVEsJy8-_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noVEsJy8-_g
- konart 7y ago>Maybe Farmers should be required to print a photo of the actual living bird and their habitat on the packaging. I didn't see anything that would've driven me from buying that $2 chicken though.
- wortelefant 7y agothe trend to "free-range" chicken reminds me of similar half-hearted efforts against the climate crisis; we can't decrease CO2 levels just by collecting plastic trash separately if it is shipped to the incinerator all the same. And despite the animal welfare theatre, the organic farm chicken will be killed just the same. But we feel a bit better about it.
- 13of40 7y agoI think the point is it grew up eating weeds and bugs instead of corn meal byproduct. Maybe not better for the chicken spiritually, but a better choice for us to eat, nutritionally.