This article on how pigs are treated in South Australian farms really caught my attention, and I believe it highlights the questions we have to ask when we consider how to eat ethically. We have to decide where our priorities lie. Do we think it's more important to support local industry, or those that can afford to keep their pigs in supposedly better conditions? Should we give up pork altogether, or should we look at how that will affect all those working in the industry in Australia? It would arguably be most ethical, in the long term, and thinking on a global scale, to give up pork completely. As my devout vegan friend always tells me, pigs are as smart, if not smarter than dogs. I am all too familiar with Peta's If Pig's Said Woof campaign (Warning - do not play the video on the web page if you are uncomfortable with seeing confronting footage of pigs in captivity). But in the meantime, what choices should those of us that do eat the three little pigs be making? The pig that lived in the house of bricks might have been the safest from a wolf's big bad breath, but the one curled up in the straw was probably a lot more comfy...
*This short clip by Eddie Izzard makes light of the modern shopping experience. Note how he refers to the supermarket as our high temple, similar to how other academics have described it. He also observes how the supermarket is the common ground of people from all walks of life and all socio economic backgrounds. I also thought I might include this original idea from Japan for improving customer service in supermarkets.
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