Transcripts For CSPAN Behind The Bite 20170603

At jenks high school. Her documentary on animal farming is entitled behind the bite. I chose antibiotic resistance because im a vegetarian of five years. Did anything surprise you about that process . How much work goes into making a documentary. Drive to interview an homage family. Amish family. I had to trick my dad to driving me five hours to kansas this is a chicken sandwich. Which you can get from here, supposedly comes from a place like this, and is ultimately cheaper than anything you can get there. But i dont think i could really tell you what i am eating or where it came from. And i not just talking about the and, i am not just talking about the sandwich. Cagedoes it all mean on products in the store . Eating is a vital element to survival. How can we not Pay Attention to what we are putting into our mouths. I guess the question is, what are we eating . Or better yet, what lies are we being fed . Let us start with the sandwich and go behind the bun to find out. First, we need to find out where the chicken on our sandwich has come from. A concentrated animal feeding operation. After further research, for poultry, a small a large is well over 200,000. Now, i cannot help but wonder, with so many animals in such a small, confined, and unsanitary space, how are they all staying healthy . That answer, according to the Agricultural Industry, is antibiotics. The scenario where we raise livestock without antibiotics would result in the suffering and illness and death of those animals. What is a practice that goes on widely is to put antibiotics in the feed of animals to growth so you have animals that are bigger, with more meat, that has little to do with them being sick. Are they used to prevent the spread of elements . Or are they just a growth stimulant . What other affects do they have . I decided to travel near and far. A far bigger problem is the antibiotics given to animals, and more and more superbugs youve all youve all of evolve. Superbugs are also known as drugresistant bacteria. This means that the bacteria inside of us are no longer affected by the combating skills of antibiotics and other drugs. Drugresistant bacteria is one of the most Serious Public Health issues that we face today. They cost tens of thousands of deaths. Millions of illnesses. And that is just in the United States. The numbers are sure to climb unless we take concrete, clear and coordinated action. It is a big problem. There is also the opinion that it is mostly the overuse of antibiotics that protect the true source of resistance he. Resistance. Studies by the World Health Organization has revealed that 70 of the antibiotics sold in the United States are used for agricultural production. The majority of antibiotic resistance correlates to the production of meat. The center of Disease Control and prevention estimates that 2 Million People are becoming infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria every year and of those 23,000 died with those numbers growing. Tragic numbers like that, you would think congress and the president would take action. Last year, the white house revealed its action plan which sets forth ambitious goals. To fight antibiotic resistance. But that National Action plan turned out to be very inactive. It was too loose and optional for companies in the Agricultural Industry. Nothing has really changed. I have been a vegetarian for five years, so i am safe for resistantiotic bacteria . It is that the bacteria in the environment in general just become resistant to those antibiotics. The environment being soil, plants, runoff water, transportation of animals and other surrounding factors that allow these antibiotics to spread even more quickly. Should we just be eating cage free, grassfed, organic products . Or, are we missing something in the fine print . Take the label cage free. My hands are cage free that i. I can also be cage free in a layered house with 30,000 hens. It merely means that my hands ens are not in a one foot by one foot cage. What about grass fed . Every calf born is out in the grass up until the last 6090 days of their life. That is where 90 of the beef in the United States has been fattened, for the last three months of its life. Is there any cost difference because of these labels . After comparing two 12dozen cartons of eggs, it is obvious the label was upping the price. The same thing for organic labels. We are buying poorer quality products and paying more for them and unknowingly continuing our support for these practices. It seems like we have heard problem after problem. What is the solution . Well, here is a start. One, Congress Needs to adjust the confinement and health regulations. Starting with the urgency to ban antibiotic usage among the Agricultural Industry because of its negative effects on the Public Health and the environment as a whole. Two, as far as labeling goes, we are the ones buying into this. What you really need to do is compare food labels. You need to educate yourself on what you need to be eating. In addition to this, the fda needs to crack down on its standards and allow for more enable more fair and accurate labeling of its products. After taking this journey, we now know the different backgrounds to a multitude of foods. Even with this new understanding of what we are eating, it does not mean you will change your diet or what you choose to eat. But, now that you are enlightened, it will make you think before you take a bite. To watch all of the prizewinning documentaries and this years studentcam competition, visit studentcam. Org. Amanda, amy, and karen are students at Montgomery Blair high school. 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