How did we reach the point of an industrial food supply

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Assignment:

The United Nations called for "urgent action" to be taken on the impact of animal agriculture, yet the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement signed by 196 countries, omitted any mention of it. The follow up meeting in October 2021 also barely touched on it. Why are the effects of animal agriculture widely ignored?

Climate scientists tell us it's urgent that we all to limit our meat and dairy consumption to save our heating planet, but our consumption of meat and dairy is increasing, not decreasing. Why are few of us willing to change?

How did we reach the point of an industrial food supply?

Are there broader consequences?

Should our food supply be more transparent? If so, why? If not, why not? Be realistic here - because you saw what happened to Oprah in Food Inc.

What are the causes and consequences to "the veil" (a term from Food Inc.)? Does any of this matter? If so, how? If not, why not?

Write a list of everything you eat for a week and then

Self-evaluate your own food consumption habits and preferences: Do you eat as you could? If so, how? If not, why not?

What do you hope to change?

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