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“Hey honey, where did this pork come from? The store? Some farm?” Good question John, Your eating steroid pigs that are pumped with drugs. Your meat came a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). Animals that are in CAFO centers have terrible living conditions. There could be unto 30 pigs crammed into a small space, they walk in their own poop, and they are pumped with drugs to keep them from dying. Some of these pens/jail cells are so crowded that the animals trample each other to death. Think that seems bad enough, well they only do the bare minimum, so it complete legal! “Has anyone ever heard of animal cruelty?” Not when it comes to getting cheap food. Produces want to make as much money as possible. Needless to say, they don’t care how they get it. According to the December 14, 2006 “Boss Hog-Part 1” by Jeff Tietz in Rolling Stone claims “As long as the pig remains ambulatory, it can be legally killed and sold as meat.” That means if the hog is full of diseases and it can move with or without drugs, you eat it. That statement is supported by Smithfield Foods. Tietz lat...

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