Most industrial farmers today only care about making more and maximizing
products to maximize their profits
Some people may think farmers are less connected but if they were then
there would be no more farming
Article 6: “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals”
Q&A:
a)
In one paragraph, support ‘big’ agriculture with all the logical reasons you
can come up with.
These reasons may or may not have anything to do with
ethics.
There is a lot of criticism that comes with “big” agriculture but there can be
some benefits to it that some people may not know.
One thing that big
agriculture can benefit is the mass production that some of the farms are
trying to achieve.
Keep the same animals together lets them mate much
quicker, which then allows more of them at a faster rate to reach the demand
that is required.
Most of the big agriculture has to deal with birds and that’s
because they are the ones that have the most demanded products.
Chickens
produce not only eggs but also chicken that we eat as a source of protein.
Even though some people may disagree about the ethics of it, does not mean
that it doesn’t allow more product to ready at a faster rate.
b)
b) In another paragraph, use the ethical theories we have covered so far (or
you may go through the text book and look up other theories) that would also
favor ‘big’ agriculture.
Use at least
four theories
.
There are also some supports from ethics that can support the reason why
big agriculture is a good idea.
One theory is the one-big-field theory.
That
theory is about allowing everything to be on one big field that allows farmers
to maintain one huge area of land of the same crop.
Another theory is that it
can have huge economic benefiters.
