On Hamburgers and Labor Day

One of those chains of events that future A.P. US History students will study and think, “Huh, why did Americans allow that to happen?” …sort of like what led to Sinclair’s The Jungle in the early 20th century (I had to write an essay on that for my exam when I was one of those A.P. students in 1996)…

Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? – The New York Times:

Until a new labeling act gets passed, if you want to eat a hamburger, I suggest going to your local butcher shop, rather than the supermarket, ordering cuts of American beef, and asking for them to be ground on the premises. Or grind it at home. Otherwise, there’s really no way of knowing what’s in your meat, or how many international borders it crossed to reach your plate.


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Sam Harrelson is a PhD candidate researching ecological theology, phenomenology, Edith Stein, spiritual ecology, and the Ecology of the Cross.

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