It is a reality that our food delivery chain depends on systemization and increasing mechanization. That being said, it is strange and creepy. As a result, people are moved further and further away from the food they eat.
This video is disturbing and quite graphic. It shows the JR-50 Robotic Hog Head Dropper severing the Atlas joints of a never ending stream of dead pigs. The matter of fact voice over details the efficiency and saftey of the JR-50. Terms like ‘vertical integration’ and ‘downstream processing’ are used to to describe the device and in effect, de-nature the process of butchering an animal.
After watching this clip, I am fileld with a mix of emotions. I feel disappointed that these animals are treated so industrially; with out care or thought. I am ashamed that I am only just beginning to understand the true scope of where my food comes from and how it gets there. I am saddened by the fact that the drive for cheaper and cheaper food has born the need for machines that can process 2500 hogs an hour, without so much as a hint of humanity.
I suppose I shouldn’t be so naive, but the fact remains that this clip is chilling and disheartening.
Again, this is a graphic video, viewer discretion is advised.
The clip is here.