Blog Entry 15 (Responding to the Matrix)

                          The movie meatrix is a short flash back of the industrial farming practice. In a dark satire of the meatrix  Leo, the pig approached by Moopheus an anthropomorphic bull. Leo lives on a pleasant family farm...or so he thinks. Moopheus shows him the ugly truth about agribusiness, and that he really lives in...The Meatrix. Moopheus offers Leo two pills. One red and one blue. One to stay in this world and to be fooled by, and other to explore the reality. Leo decides to take the red pill. After that, Moopheus shows Leo that the farm he has known is an illusion, and that he is really trapped in a horrific farm.  No matter where you fall on the topic of sustainable agriculture, to see “The Meatrix” is to love it

                        The movie "Meatrix"` gives us ideas about the food which we find in  low price in supermarkets are highly processed and contains numerous food additives. These are used in the foods to make it taste good and last longer. Industrial farms produces a larger scale of animal waste which is later released in greenhouse gas into the air and even in the lakes, oceans and ground water with bacteria, antibiotic residue, pesticides and chemical fertilizer. Small family farms have been replaced by huge livestock facilities, where animals suffer horribly, workers are mistreated, the environment is being destroyed, and where rural communities are falling apart. There is always a danger of being effected by mad cow disease. Over 150 people have died from this disease since the 1990’s                     

                       When Leo saw this horrible situation he couldn’t believe in these eyes for some seconds. He never realized that truth will be so cruel and nasty. He saw that animals are being farm in such a small place that they don’t have place to move around. Many dies, and from them other starts to get infected. For others not to get infected, they are feed by antibiotic tablets. The peaks of chickens are being cut off. They show animal a world of fantasy but behind hidden is the world of animal cruelty. They are kept survived as there are the means of foods for humans. They aren’t just affecting the animals but even the environment. When Leo realized this truth he started to work against this animal cruelty by joining Moopheus group.

                      Everything we see and believe isn’t the real truth. It’s just shown to us as a display. But inside it there is hidden the truth. This can be either nasty or clearer as the displayed world .But only some feels courage to explore. Leo and Neo did make their life meaning. If like them we even start to find our truth then after a time period this world will be changed. There won’t be anything fake.