Since the beginning of time there have been people with the talent and fortitude to work the land. They worked the land and animals to produce food for their families and the community around them. The animals they raised were practically apart of the family. They labored over the food they grew. Making sure that no weed nor insect destroyed their crops. This profession is called agriculture. This type of society is called an agrarian society. They farmed for their food. They farmed so their neighbors could have food. Not for profit, but out of a necessity and the necessity of others. Out of need, they worked the land.

America seems to have forgotten how things used to be. We seem not to care where our food comes from or how it is grown and cared for. Maybe some still think that their food comes from small family farmers. The sad truth is that in some parts of America, not all, food can travel up 1500 miles from farm to plate. This number varies depending on your where you live. But what that number tells you is that our current food system is broken. No longer do small family farms support their communities but large industrial companies that have one goal: profit.

Yes these industrial farms want to protect their product. But that mindset is part of the problem. The animals or produce that they grow is more than a product. It is a life form that sustains other life forms. They are not products to be treated as lifeless or immaterial. But are to be protected, nurtured, and cared for because their sacrifice will sustain our own lives.

So profit should not be the goal. The goal should be the best quality of food that was grown and nurtured in the best of conditions.