A Short Summary: Glory On To The Chicken

Glory on to the Chicken In a world of carnivorous animals, there is one bird. A single defenseless, flightless, and tiny brained bird that is preyed upon above all others. The almighty chicken devoured by many nations, and desired by all. The chicken is devoured all around the globe, but whom are the main consumers and producers of the chicken? According to WATTAgNet “the main producers of chicken are Tyson Foods in the United States of America and JBS S.A. in Brazil.” Tyson Foods and JBS S.A. are poultry industry producers that produce millions of pounds of chicken every year. The main consumers of poultry are The United States and Hong Kong. This is mainly due to the fact that it is cheaper to buy chicken in Hong Kong, and in the United

This is seen as a positive cultural aspect, because most people enjoy the fried chicken. It is also seen as a negative cultural ordeal because of the unhealthy fat and grease that go into making the bird (Twilley 2016). Another negative cultural aspect of the fried bird is the stereotype that mainly African American people enjoy it the most. Due to and that there are racially insensitive jokes that go along with it. Additionally, what it means to be a chicken is often a negative thing as well. Often in America (and possibly around the world) if someone refers to another as a chicken it means they are a coward or are not brave enough to handle certain situations. Also, depending upon how the sentence is used, if someone is referring to another as a chicken they could be calling them a young gay male or they could be using it as slang to mean a type of hard drug (Rader 2017). According to Zagorsky’s research it was found that middle-class Americans are more likely to eat the most chicken compared to the poorest and highest social statuses in the United States by at least one or two meals in a three week time period, including fast food meals as well (Zagorsky 2017). The consumption of the bird has created social issues, not only cultural impacts, in the United States. The main social issue with devouring the fowl is the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) the bird eats during its life before it is slaughtered. Many people know that chickens are raised on farms and are fed to the point where the chicken is at least twice the size or more of a regular chicken. In an attempt to provide more meat for consumers, chickens are fed to an extreme point where they can no longer stand on their own legs. Consumers are starting to see this as a type of animal cruelty towards chickens before they are slaughtered and just plain unnatural. In addition to GMOs the bird is being fed, they are also always being filled with antibiotics to help keep