I mentioned yesterday that
3 out of every 5 kernels ends up on a farm factory, otherwise known as a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation). Michael Pollan, continuing in his desire to follow our food chain, purchased a calf to follow closely because "the short, unhappy life of a corn-fed feedlot steer represents the ultimate triumph of industrial thinking over the logic of evolution." His calf was named 534, just like all the other steers birthed from his mother, 9534. He came to reside at Poky Feeders, a CAFO in Kansas, where it's $1.60/day for room and board, food, and medicine.
