Reading response

Chapter 13: Grass
   Summary: Basically looking at grass from different perspectives when the grass is good, how cows should eat the grass, and the different types of grass that grow in a farmers field. Shows how important grass is and how it plays a big role in a cows diet and basically how all aspects of grass have a significant meaning. Cows should not be able to take seconds when it comes to eating grass. By the cow doing that it makes it extremely hard for the grass to recover which leads to the roots weakening and a field filled with brown spots. How you have to move the cows to different spots of the field so they can get a taste of all the grass thats around, what the guy had to do was move fifty stacks of bale every afternoon. Gem What was very interesting about this chapter is that there is different types of grass that grow in the fields and they all have a different taste and amount of nutrition. The question I have is that how come all animals don't eat the same type of grass?
Chapter 14: The Animals
   Summary: The most important job on the polyface farm was to feed and give water to the chickens. Another thing that had to be done was the pens had to be moved every day for 56 days. The reason why it takes 56 days is because thats the amount of time it would take for a chicken to get big enough before they would slaughter it. The pens had to be moved 10 feet a day so by day 56 each pen would have covered the whole meadow. On polyface farm there is something called an eggmobile which holds 400 laying hens. Gem something that was interesting about this chapter was that the reason why they moved the chickens is because if they stayed in one spot it would destroy the soil it was on. Question By letting the animals be animals and roam free and do as they please does that make a healthier and happier animal?
Chapter 15:  The Slaughterhouse
   Summary: He woke up that morning knowing that today was the day that all the chickens he helped grow had to die. They way they kill the chickens is by not cutting off the head completely but just slicing the throat. After that is done the workers have to pick off all the feathers and clean out its insides. Even though the process of killing the bird is very extreme the procedure from turn the bird into food is just as bad. Gem What was very interesting about this chapter is that when they are done draining the chicken for blood,cutting of the feet, and heads of these chickens those remains just get mixed with wood chips and get turned into compost. Question:  If the customers have faith in the farmers that they are being sanitary with the chickens and they are really not how can the customers figure that out?
Chapter 16: The Market
  Summary: In the food industry the food typically get sent 1,500 miles before it is eaten. On the poly face farm it is way different. Their corn only travels 140 miles from the farm but the average farms sweet corn travels 1,420 miles. The reason why polyface farm does that is because they want to build a direct relationship with their customers so that they will keep coming back. By doing this polyface brings in more revenue then other farms because and even though they were not get wealthy people coming and buying but they were getting so much business from just average people. Gem What i realized is that different foods get shipped all around the world and end back in the place it was sent from. Question: What is the purpose of importing foods from different places when we can grow it ourselves?