Monday, April 18, 2016

SHELBY FLOWERS 9TH



Shelby Flowers

Bacon vs. Lettuce: What’s Better for the Earth?

            In December of 2015 a press release stated that Bacon or meat eaters were better for the environment than Lettuce or vegetarians.  This was horrifying for the science world.  Scientist immediately started studying the data and realized, after a long period of time, that the data was unfounded and that the reason for the mix up was nothing more than the press trying to get a jump on a story without checking the validity of the information given. It is a classic case of the press jumping to conclusions without proper vetting of the juicy tidbit of information given.  It is kind of how the press acts during political election years also.  Reporters live on the edge of getting the first scoop and they are usually careless with their reporting.

Analysis:

Dan Nosowitz, a reporter for the Modern Farmer magazine, lays blame for this article as a decline in sales of vegetables for a period of several months.  He very strongly suggests that the author of the original story is nothing short of a smug looser trying to scoop another reporter on a story that he did not collet the facts on. He is very much opinionated about vegetables because of his association with farming. 
I feel that bacon is better than lettuce.  Our bodies need protein and bacon supplies that.  Lettuce is more of a roughage and only helps with our colon and the digestive tract.  While it may be important to have that digestive tract help, if we did not eat the bacon for the protein, we would not be able to eat just lettuce.  We must have some kind of sustenance with our diets.  Man cannot live by veggies alone.  Man must have bacon, steak, hamburger, ham and any other type of meat that is real.  These imported, fake, turkey bacon substitutes are not good for our bodies and they taste as bad as they smell or look. 

Article Link: 

news.discovery.com/earth/plants/bacon-vs-lettuce-whats-better-for-the-earth-160308.htm

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