innapropriate post

Maybe you should read her blog a little more closely:

Please note: This is a controversial blog where I try to present interesting topics that are controversial. Just because I choose to write about these particular controversies does not always mean that I am taking a side. I just want to let people know what is being said.

That said, do you believe that asking questions about how our food is produced automatically makes one "anti-animal use" and in general some form of "environmental wacko"? If so, wow...

Me, I love steak, I'm a big fan of foie gras and caviar, but there are serious environmental and abusive traits associated with each of those products. Have I stopped eating them, no. Do I look for producers who grow and harvest sustainably? You betcha. The act of looking closely at our food, how it is raised and the environmental results of its production, is extremely important.

If I understand your post correctly in terms of:

without considering the position that what she and others having the same mindsets are doing is creating a ogilarchic community intent on denying access to the benefits offered to the rest of humanity and the worlds animals dependent on consumption of items anathema their philosophy's creed.

you seem to be saying that by questioning how food is produced, the US risks dooming the rest of the world's population to starvation, or at the very least deprivation. First, many places throughout the world already suffer deprivation for many reasons, econmonic, environmental, political, etc. Changing US food production likely will not negatively impact this. Secondly, there are many who believe exactly the opposite of what you are expressing - that the US factory farm system strains resources, promotes pollution, endangers the food supply, and helps to create food which may be inherently unhealthy.

Again, has all of this knowledge stopped me from eating meat and using animal products. Nope. But, it has made me reconsider where my food comes from and to look for better and safer avenues of production. I like to buy local foods from farmers I know, but does that mean they aren't using hazardous chemicals in their fields, nope. It does mean, though, that the food I am purchasing hasn't been trucked across the country and sprayed with additional chemicals so that it maintains a fresh appearance. When possible, I buy locally produced "organic" meats, but I don't always want to pay $7.99 a lb. for a pork loin when I can get it in the local supermarket for $1.99.

I'm lucky, I have choices. Many people in the world do not. But does that mean I should take no concern about what I eat, how its produced or where it comes from? Not on your life; and certainly not on mine!