... to and suffering of billions of animals, the switch to vegetarianism makes perfect sense. From the hen who smells fresh air for the first time on the way to the slaughterhouse, and the dairy cow whose days-old baby male is taken from her and sold to veal farmers, all animals raised for food suffer and are exploited. The only true ... ...

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... found. Before Pollan is subjected to Polyface Farm, he was expecting something much different. Through many readings and visits to other slaughterhouses, a picture was painted in Pollan's mind of what a slaughterhouse was. When Pollan sees how these animals are treated at this farm, he rewrites the misleading information in his head. Pollan says that when he looks at the animals here ... ...

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