The Fate of FoodThe hidden methods used to produce the food we eat today are unethical. These methods include the use of chemicals and the mistreatment of workers and animals. The food production process happens every day, but as consumers we don't know how it's done. A large majority of Americans are unaware of the highly mechanized structure of the industrial food system. Determined to capitalize on profit and production, social responsibility and food safety have taken a back seat to the industrial food system. The three biggest problems with the industrial food system are animal cruelty, lack of biodiversity, and treatment of farmworkers. These problems can be solved by creating more efficient food agencies, government subsidies for small organic farmers, and agencies that protect farmers' rights). The industrial food system is the cause of animal cruelty because of factory farms. The treatment of farm animals is “barbaric” (Blatt 2008: 195). The procedure of breeding farm animals is inhumane. Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) is a process in the factory farming system that separates animals from their natural habitat and confines them on farms with thousands of other animals. (Walsh 2009) In modern factory farms, animals are crowded into dirty, windowless farms and cramped in “wire cages” and “gestation crates.” (Niman 2009, 101) Pigs, for example, are confined to these factory farms twenty-four hours a day. This raises many issues as these animals will never have the chance to raise their families, live free, or roam the grassy fields. Newborn piglets are separated from their mothers. The animals are deprived of access to fresh air and are fed using ...... middle of paper ...... health. I propose the creation of the Farm Worker Labor Protection Agency (FWLPA). Through the FWLPA, farmworkers can address their concerns without fear of being fired or deported. FWLPA will work with OSHA to enforce its safety standards on individual farms. Before being hired, farmers will learn safety standards and ESL classes will be provided twice a week to immigrant farmers who do not speak English. Workers' compensation, living conditions and wages will be met within FWLPA standards that will include a $10 starting wage and overtime pay. Industrial farmworkers face dangerous working conditions and should be rewarded accordingly. With the creation of new effective agencies, the industrial food system in the United States will reduce health problems, protect animal and worker rights, and develop a sustainable strategy..