In chapter 6 it explains the life of a farmer and how his biggest possession is cattle. It also speaks about the big business and industries that evolve around cattle. I believe that Schlosser frames Hank's story because it is the best explanation of the life of all the work put in as a farmer and its advantages and disadvantages. For Hank he is raising the most essential thing that the world sees as good and that's cattle. If the cattle wasn't raised properly all these big businesses would not be as big as we know them today. An example of this is McDonald's, the book states that,"McDonald's is the nation's largest purchaser of beef". Beef makes of most of McDonald's menu.From the burger to the fries. So basically cattle is essential to the McDonald's life.As a farmer, Hank does not have it easy. He has to worry about more problems like rain and flood destroying his land. But as a business as long as you keep purchasing your okay. Chapter 7 introduction talks about a town by the name of Greeley. The book states that,"Greeley is a modern-day factory town where cattle are the main units of production, where workers and machines large steer into small, vacuum-sealed packages of meat. This quote alone ties Hank's story to this chapter because it's main focus is cattle and how important it is everyday life. It shows the significance of cattle. Even though this town is known for its smell of animals and manure it's main purpose is the cattle. In Hank's story, event though he is a farmer that may run into problems on his farm his main importance is the raise of his cattles.
In chapter 6, Schlosser discusses the life of Hank, a farmer from Colorado. Hank tells Schlosser the many struggles he has to endure while trying to keep his farm because of the meat industry. Schlosser talks about the many farmers who have decided to either close their farms and move, or they had to get another job to finance their farms and provide for their families. According to Schlosser in the last twenty years about half a million ranchers have sold off their cattle and quit the business. Schlosser also list the many economic problems that farmers have to deal with and the major one would have to be the growth of many fast food chains which encouraged the consolidation in the meatpacking industry. Today it is the farmers versus the meatpacking industry and so far the meatpacking industry is victorious. The meatpacking industry manipulates the cattle process by financing feedlot owners who lease ranches from them; therefore, the meatpacking industry owns and controls the feedlot owners. This chapter also discusses how the meat owners control the poultry market and how they inject hormones in the meat making more meat for cheaper prices. Schlosser decides to close this chapter with the death of the famer Hank. Schlosser explains that it would be wrong to blame his death on the many economical pressures that Hank had to face being a low-income farmer; however Hank was under a lot of pressure not to long before he committed suicide. Eric Schlosser decides to frame this chapter with Hank’s story to inform his readers about the effects that the meatpacking industry had on the farmers.
Hank’s story relates to Chapter 7 because this chapter explains the background of the meatpacking industry. Throughout this chapter Schlosser discuss the many dirty tricks and schemes of the meatpacking industry. He visits and examines the environment of Greely a town that industrializes so much meat that you can smell it as soon as you are in the town. Greely is where the beef trust was born and the beef trust was also discussed in chapter 6. The beef trust caused many farmers to lose money and go out of business. Schlosser correlates these to chapter by explaining to his readers the effects of the meat industry on farmers and how the meat industry began and how it still prevails.
Schlosser framed Chapter Six with Hank’s story to bring light on how the fast food industry brings harm to already existing occupations. Hank is depicted as one of the “central icons of the American West”; he was a cowboy/rancher. On his ranch, he owned cows. He was one of the true Americans that did not treat cows cruelly before they were made into food. Hank’s method of feeding the cows consisted of letting the cows graze on grass. He believed that this method was the best for the cows and the land, because the cows fertilized the land. Once the grass in that particular lot was running low, he would move the cows over to another lot that he owned. Now the cows have more grass to feed on while the grass in the other lot had a chance to grow and recover. Hank has cows with great quality, but why is he not thriving? It is because of the fast food industry. These ranchers have to compete with meat packing industries that have the fast food companies as loyal customers. Also, the ranchers have to put up with many economic problems, such as “rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, and health scares about beef. All of this is overwhelming to the rancher. In addition to beef, it is the same way with chickens. A person thinks they are going to make money by working with a fast food company by growing and raising chickens. However, what they do not know is that they are going to be stuck deep in dept. The chicken coops that the person has to purchase cost a fortune and by the time they pay that off, the fast food company demands a payment from the chicken raisers. Therefore, it is virtually impossible for the chicken raisers to climb out of debt. This leads to many ranchers/cowboys to commit suicide. In the end, It was all too much for Hank and he committed suicide. This chapter is centered around Hank’s story because it shows how fast food industries ruin people’s lives. This relates to chapter seven, because like the fast food industry running the ranchers out of business, it runs butchers out of business with their slaughterhouses.
Chinedu Echebelem Schlosser used Hank’s story in Chapter 6 to foreshadow the effect of the development of the meat packing industry on the fast food industry. Hank is introduced to the story as a Colorado native rancher who raises cattle to provide for his family. Hank informs Schlosser about his financial struggles, which established from the meat packing industry becoming more pleasing to companies than farmers. With little water being absorbed into the ground, and erosion of the land beside the creek, Hank’s land for farming was affected by the development of the Colorado Springs. It was also affected by the expansion of the meat packing industry. Schlosser’s focus on the hardships Hank endured while trying to keep his farm is ironic to what is portrayed in Chapter 7. In chapter 7, Schlosser explains how the meat packing industry began to apply the same efficient techniques, used by the McDonald brothers, to pack meat. This less costly and proficient method became more appealing to big companies, including companies of the fast food industry. It can be said that these companies became dependable customers to the meat packing industry. With farmers becoming unneeded, many left the farming industry, sold their business, found other work, and some even tried to take out a loan from the bank. However, banks weren’t willing to give farmers a loan, because they didn’t believe these farmers would be able to pay the loan back. Hank’s story is an example of the negative effects from the meat packing industry and the monopolization in the beef industry. Schlosser explains how much power the meat packing industry holds versus what little amount of power in the hands of farmers. As a businessman, success and money are what motivates your drive. With no success, or money coming in, Hank had no motivation, which potentially is what led to his suicide. Although the outcome of Hank’s story can be seen as extreme, it is important that readers are able to see the hassles little and family businesses experience, because of the schemes and scandals of the big companies.
In Chapter 6, Schlosser talks about a farmer from Colorado named Hank and his daily struggle with farming and how the fast food industry ruins lives. Hank goes through many hardships such as droughts, floods, and soil erosion. How is all of this important to the fast food industry? The fast food industry does not have to worry about any of these factors. The way they operate is totally different. For example, Hank has to raise his cattle with care and nurture them for them to grow up healthy. Hank also had it bad because the Colorado Springs affected his land because his land wasn't getting enough water so it started to erode. It was really tough for Hank. It is unfortunate because Hank does a lot of hard work just to be outperformed by the fast food industry because of their trickery and tactics to bring down farmers such as Hank. In chapter 7, it talks about how the fast food industry pretty much relies on feedlot owners who lease their ranches. Using this method, they do not have to worry about raising the animals, but just buying them from the people who grow them. Unfortunately, those who sell cows and chickens to fast food industries such as Hank are left in extreme debt that they could not have foreseen. Hank ends up committing suicide because the debt was too overwhelming. Because of the fast food industry, Hank's life was ruined and there are other stories just like Hank's.
In chapter 6, Schlosser discusses the story of a farmer named Hank. Hank is traditionally raising cattle, doing all he can to replenish what the cows take away. Meanwhile, runoff from irrigation is eroding his land. When he sees other farms around him, land is sucked dry from all of its nutrients, streams are dried up, and grass is brown and overgrazed. Near Hank’s land a new race track was built in the middle of the prairie, surrounded by nothing but brown grass. Hank knew that this will cause even more environmental problems and increase industrial building in the area. The cattle industry is not doing well either, with land taxes increasing, more importing, health scares, and constant pressure from “big businesses” trying to buy their land. All the stress eventually led to Hank’s suicide. Schlosser discusses Hank’s story to show how the industrialization of the food industry is affecting the environment, the economy, and the way people live their lives. In chapter 7, Schlosser talks about the town of Greeley, Colorado and how businesses and factories have rooted and had a large effect on the way people live there. There is a constant smell of animals, there is smog everywhere. The largest thing that is produced there is hamburgers. The food industry is churning out processed meat and its fastest rate yet at the expense of the environment and the townspeople’s well-being. Many people in the town become sick and/or cannot make enough money because of the low wages factory workers receive. These two stories are connected because together they show the process of meatpacking and who is suffering within that process. Chapter 6 starts with where the food comes from and chapter 7 continues with how that meat is processed and shipped to the various companies.
Schlosser framed Chapter 6 with Hank's story because he wanted to tell his readers about the daily life of a farmer. Hank was your typical cowboy/rancher from Colorado just trying to make a living. He profession is an example of an occupation that has been around for decades and is being overtaken be the fast food industry. He treat his cows with respect and raises them how they are suppose to be raised. Hank shows the difference between what he does and tearing up the land. He takes precautions with the raising of his land so that the land remains fertile. On the other perspective Chapter 7 leads into the meat packing industry and explains it's background. He tells about the schemes and dirty tricks that the meatpacking industry uses. This chapter started off talking about a city called Greeley, Colorado, and it described the smell, and the way they grow their cows. Chapter 7 is saying how the meat packing industry uses feeding lot owners to lease the farms and uses it for themselves. They also use growth hormones to grow the meat faster and a better price with no concern to the consumer who is eating the product. Hank died because of the stress the meat packing industry was forcing upon him. They were trying to build a highway through his land. As you can tell, the fast food industries left Hank in so much debt that was not foreseen by anybody, that he decided to commit suicide. I believe that Schlosser framed Chapter 6 in Hanks story because he wanted his readers to see what the fast food making industry does to the common man. He ties in the different ways to produce poultry ,and in a way it's shows the better way to make meat and the faster way to do it.
In Chapter 6, Schlosser writes about a local farmer named Hank. Ranchers and cowboys have been the central icons of the American West, but they are rapidly disappearing. Over the past twenty years, about half a million ranchers sold their cattle and quit their business. Ranchers face a lot of economic problems, such as rising land prices, beef prices, development pressures, and health scares about beef. The growth of fast food chains has increased consolidation in the meatpacking industry. The meatpacking industry has been transformed by mergers and acquisitions over the last twenty years. Many ranchers now argue that a few corporations have gained a stranglehold on the marker and using it to decrease the price of cattle. Chapter 6 frames Hank's story because he is one of the millions of ranchers that went through the stage of stress, depression, and the effects that the meatpacking industry had bought upon them In Chapter 7, Schlosser writes about Greeley, Colorado. Greeley is a factory town where cattle are the main units of production, where workers and machines turn large steer into small, sealed packages of meat. The industrialization of cattle-raising and meatpacking over the past two decades has completely altered how beef is produced and the towns that produce it. Meatpacking have turned one of the nation's best-paying jobs into one of the lowest-paying. Crime, poverty, drug abuse, and homelessness have taken a root in towns where you'd least expect to find them. Before Greeley became a meatpacking town, it was a community of small farmers. Hank's story relates to this chapter because the meatpacking industry doesn't just put ranchers and farmers in an economic situation, it also put the community and workers of the slaughterhouse in one too.
Schlosser frames chapter 6 with Hank’s story to explain the life of farmers. Hank was a farmer from Colorado who is a typical western cowboy. Hank explains the struggles of being an independent farmer and competing meatpacking industries. Meat packing industries throughout Colorado have caused many farmers to leave their farm behind because of low income and high land prices. Some farmers were even forced to get another job to help support their families. Schlosser explains that the expansion of fast food industries has changed Colorado farmland completely. Many Farmers soil, just like Hanks even suffered from erosion because of the lack of water due to the Colorado Springs plant. Fast Food companies were in complete control. In fact, it became so overwhelming about a year after Schlosser interviewed Hank, Hank committed suicide due to the stress caused by the fast food industry. In Chapter 7, Schlosser focus on the city of Greeley, in Colorado. Greeley is a major meat packing area. In fact, it smells of nothing but slaughtered animals. Chapter 7 relates to chapter 6 because it discusses the meatpacking industry and how it affects the people surrounding Greeley. Chapter 6 focuses mainly on Hank’s story and farmer’s hard lifestyles under the meat packing industry. Schlosser shows the relation between the two chapters by telling the struggles of farmers, consumers, and the fast food and meatpacking industries.
In chapter 6, Schlosser talk about a farmer named Hank from Colorado. Since there was a meat industry, Hank had troubles on his farm. Like Hank, other farmers had trouble with their farms as well. It was hard to keep their farm up and running. They either had to move to another place, get another job, or close their farms. Since there have farms and meat packing industries existing at the same time, that would cause great conflict between the two. The meat packing industry would win because they have more equipment and more technology while farmers can’t match the meat industry. Hank and other farmers do not treat their cattle like meat industry. Farmers treat their cattle well until they have to be killed and the meat industry treats animals cruelly. Schlosser makes chapter six relate to chapter seven because they are both alike. Chapter seven mainly talks about the meat packing industry and how they use dirty tricks in order to keep a business running well. After seeing what happens in chapter seven, you can see how it is like chapter six because of how the meat packing industry can make a farmer run out of business. Meat industries are willing to do whatever it takes to stay in business. This chapter also shows how important cattles were important back then and how they are still important today.
In Chapter 6 Schlosser framed Hank’s story to show the story of those affected by the meat market monopoly. By introducing Hank it allowed one to see how the small town cowboys worked the ranching system and they felt about the new meat market taking over surrounding areas. Hank also explained how he and other ranchers used the land without “raping” it, like the huge meat markets. Hank explained, “ His cattle spent ten or eleven days in one pasture, then moved to the next, allowing the native plants, the blue grama and buffalo grass, time to recover” (Schlosser 134). Hank stated he was nothing like the environmentalist, but the fact that he made a system for his ranching and knew the exact names of plants that were affected by his business showed that he did care about the land around him. In addition to showing how the meat market monopoly affected ranchers Schlosser used Hank’s story to somewhat villianize the meat monopoly. Chapter 7 basically exemplifies how the assembly line system was applied to the meat market. Instead of using farms or ranches to produce meat factories were used and there was an elimination of skilled work. Now the larger companies could sell their meat for less money taking or the meat exactly what rancher’s disliked because they could no longer make enough money from their hard work. Not only was a small group of companies/people taking over the market they showed no consideration for the people or land around them. Hank being an independent rancher was subject to such big business. The only way small ranchers were saved from the take over of the meat monopolies was government controls, which lasted a while until Republicans Ronald Regan allowed big business to gain power again.
In chapter 6, Schlosser talks about Hank, a farmer from Colorado. Hank had some trouble with his farm and making money like he should because of the meat industry. Many farmers began to struggle due to the success and high demand of the meat industry. The meat industry made many farmers move because of lack of success off of their farm. The meat industry had an upper hand over the farmers because of how technological advanced the meat industry. In chapter 7, Schlosser talks about how the meat industry works. It shows how they have the ability to make the farmers go out of business due to the amount of help/technology as well as their ability to sell their products for cheap. It also shows how different these meat industry companies differ in how they take care of their product. Due to the money and power, the meat industry was more determined to take over.
In Chapter 6, Schlosser used Hank’s story to foreshadow how the growth of the meat packing industry would eventually impact not only Hank and other famers but the fast food industry as well. Hank is a Colorado rancher and cowboy who raises cattle for a living. His jobs is his only was of providing for his family. Hank tells Schlosser about his daily struggles and being unable to compete with the meat packing industry’s low prices and efficiency. In recent years the land surrounding his farm as been developed for the profit of businessmen. This brought about various negative environmental consequences. After failing to compete with the meat packing industry and going out of business Hank unfortunately committed suicide, leaving his family behind. Throughout Chapter 7, Schlosser talks about the history, trickery and scheming of the meatpacking industry. The author goes to Greely, where the beef trust was born, to further investigate the meat packing industry. He finds that the town produces so so much meat and so consistently that a permanent stench of animals and manure fills the air. The beef trust was responsible for loss of business and eventually money by farmers in the town and surrounding areas. The information gained by going to Greely allows the author to provide the reader with background and context to better understand the functionality of the meat packing industry and its potentialy overwhelming dominance. The use of Hank’s story as a framing device exposes the industrialization of the food industry as an industry that is destroying the environment, changing the economy, and taking away workers’ livelihood. Schlosser’s discussion also relates to Chapter 7 because the fast food industry indirectly put many cattle-raising ranchers out of business (like Hank) and is doing the same to many others who work in the meat industry.
I believe Schlosser framed Chapter 6 with Hank’s story because Hank was the average American trying to make a way for his family providing for them financially. Schlosser wanted to bring to everyone’s attention how the meat packaging industry is taking over. Hank was one of the few descent men who took pride in his cattle nourishing and providing for them in the correct way, not the “CHEAP” way. Hank spoke to Schlosser about the many troubles he had to take on daily, ultimately stressing him out. As a man who needs to provide for his family, the one who is supposed to put food on the table he is virtually having problems doing so and I agree with Schlosser we should know about this. Hank’s story brings a point to chapter 7 by showing what type of people will soon be running this world. If the fast food industry stay at the rate it is going we may all be home wreakers because we are funding this industry and the same industry we are funding is buying meat from these meat packaging industries, who don’t even hire their own people(us Americans). Hanks story shows the negative effects the meat packaging industry has on this economy, in which the fast food industry is praising for animal cruelty, animal injections, and low cost meat. Can you imagine being in Hanks position dealing with the everyday struggles, of stress wondering whether or not you will make any money to feed your family? Can you imagine being that animal in the slaughter house being abuse, neglected, and unloved up until death where the one is so brutally slaughter you having no remorse. Schlosser has opened my eyes and I agree with him when he says the fast food industry do don’t deserve any of the money he works so hard for. I truly believe Hank’s wasn’t the first farmer to commit suicide, and he won’t be the last.
Chapter six is a about life on the farm and the proper way to raise cattle. Cattle are a big part of the fast food nation business because of the beef purposes. Schlosser went to Colorado and met Hank. Hank is a prestige farmer and cattle raiser. Schlosser toured Hanks farm and new subdivisions of other rising farms in the area. Hank is one of the best farmers because he does less damage to land and environment than other farmers who are careless about their work. Hank talks about keeping his land lush and fertile while others continue to “rape the land.” The meatpacking industry is very successful because of prestige farmers like Hank. Farming is not easy that why many people have quit the business and sold cattle because of economic difficulty. Schlosser saw the definition of a good caring farmer. A great farmer thinks about the land and environment while taking care of the cattle. Chapter seven starts off in Colorado. In Greely, Colorado it’s a small town where meatpacking is done a lot. The small town of Greely has dedicated itself to agriculture. Hank’s story relates to chapter seven because in Greely they believe in land first before there work. Education and high moral values are taken very seriously also in this town. Chapter six and seven relate because Schlosser gives specific places in each chapter where good farming and agricultural vibe is present. Farmers should be careful when doing there job because it is not easy, but some continue to farm without regard for the land. The town of Greely is like the originator of meatpacking because so much meat gets packed everyday. The town industry revolves around the meat they pack to be sent to other places. Like in chapter six Hank’s farm revolves around the cleanliness of the environment and his prosperous success he has been having.
Schlosser frames Chapter 6 with Hank’s story to show the effect that meat packing industry has on the fast food industry. Hank is a farmer from Colorado who raises cattle. He gives Schlosser a tour through ranch. Hank takes many precautions in raising cattle, so that the land remains lush and fertile. He was diligent about caring for his land, and protected the ecosystem of a creek that ran through his property. He was a dying breed. He goes through many afflictions, such as flooding and droughts. This relates to the fast food industry because they don’t have to worry about things like this. Hank and the fast food industry operate two different ways. The fast food industry gets there food from factories and they use things to substitute their foods. While Hank, on the other hand, has to raise his cattle so they can grow up healthy and he could make money. Hank’s story relates to Chapter 7 there is a modern day factory in a town named Greeley in which cattle is their main focus. They both are related because cattle are the main focus from both perspectives and they both tell how it affects their everyday life. This chapter also tells the background of the meatpacking industry. There are smells that comes from the slaughterhouses that kill cattle, package the meat, and cook the remains into dog food. Industrialization has now hit the production and packaging of meat, so no skill is required. To me the natural way of growing cattle no matter how much more expensive it may be you’re making a good product for us the American people.
Schlosser, in chapter six, exposes the life of a farmer. He uses Hank, of whom he met in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hank does things the way it should be done. However the competition of the fast food industry is too great for him to thrive the way he would like to. Although his product is of great quality, the fast food industry is more concentrated on quantity. And because of this, they make more money. Ranchers and farmers also face certain economic problems. Adversities such as rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, oversupplies of cattle, increased shipments of live cattle from Canada and Mexico, developmental pressures, inheritance taxes, and health scares about beef are all factors that threaten the job of a farmer. Once a farmer is losing the battle with the industry, they face the dangers of debt and powerlessness.Schlosser’s focus on the hardships Hank endured while trying to keep his farm is relates to what is disclosed in Chapter 7. The town of Greeley, Colorado produces the smell that puts ranchers out of business. The smell of slaughter house waste, feedlots, and loopholes. I say loopholes in the context of the schemes and money saving techniques used to reduce the quality of the meat we as Americans consume. Making the majority of the beef we eat unhealthy.
In Chapter 6, Schlosser talks about how farmers are exploited due to these huge handfuls of companies. He uses the story of Hank to show a real life situation of a farmer that was once so proud and happy to own his land and property to a man that took his own life because of all the stress these companies has put upon him. Hank owned a large amount of cattle, which is sacred to farmers because beef is one of the biggest industries in the fast food business. McDonald’s is the nation’s largest purchaser of beef because the company uses beef in practically every food item they make from burgers to the fries. Hank is a victim of the monopolization of the meat packing industry. Little town farmers are no longer wanted by these industries because the farms take too long to grow the cattle to be slaughtered. The companies can fatten the cattle in a less amount of time and with less money, so why not do that instead of depending on individual farmers. The farmers of the United States are no longer needed because of the fact these huge industries are taking over their way of life. The development of cities is also not helping these farmers. In Hank’s story specifically, the fact that El Paso wanted to build a huge interstate right through the middle of Hank’s farm land led him to many sleepless nights. All in all, the fact that huge companies monopolizing led an innocent farmer to take his life is not uncommon these days. The suicide rate for farmers is three times higher than the national average. This average is going to keep going up because the hardships for farmers are increasing because they do not get paid much, especially in this economy.
Chapter six is about the life of an old fashioned rancher who takes great pride in his cattle. His name is Hank. He is a man around the age forty two who supports his family by rising and by ranching alone. He told Schlosser about how hard it was to support his family on ranching alone because the meat packing industry was more pleasing to the companies than to the farmers. Hank wanted to show Schlosser how his way of ranching was not "raping the land". Hank did all he could to raise money to take care of his family but the big companies ran him out of business. As the years went on he eventually committed suicide because he was going broke and the government wanted to build a highway right through the middle of his land. Chapter seven talked about the town of Greeley where they had built a meat packing industry from ground up. Warren Monfort started the business in the 1930's with eighteen head of cattle. By the 1950's he was feed twenty thousand head of cattle. He accomplished this by feeding the cows grain which was cheaper than letting them eat grass. Later another guy applied the McDonalds theory of using unskilled workers in the meat-packing industry so a lot of skilled workers were fired and the company began making more money and paid the workers less. Upton Sinclair work a book on the meatpacking industry called The Jungle. It showed all of the horrors that went on in the factories. Working conditions were terrible and they talked about a man who was grinded into mush and feed to other human beings. Even after he pointed out all of these horrors the industries only walked away with a slap on the wrist. Hank's story relates to chapter 7 because it shows how the food industry ruins people's lives.
In chapter six, Schlosser brings us into the life of Hank. Hank is a farmer whose life is disrupted by modern day industrialization. Hanks job as a former was popular in the United States and used to benefit the fast food industry for some time. Unfortunately, Hank’s life began to go down hill as the meat packing industry and other industrializations were being constructed. Schlosser goes into great detail by acknowledging the highway construction that would travel through Hank’s farm land. As I comprehended, Hank would lose great income due to the lost of farm land which would result in less crop production. Of course Hank’s financial situation took a great affect on him emotionally. Hank was no longer able to truly support his family which drove him to commit suicide. An unfortunate tragedy was caused due to the fast food industry. Chapter seven has some relevance to chapter six. Schlosser ties in another life example that depicts the impact the fast food industry has on the working society. Schlosser ties in the idea of the work force with a town known as Greely in the state of Colorado. This town is considered one of America’s meat packing facilities. The people of Greely focus solely on getting the job done, meat packing, to receive the income and stability they need. Just as Hank, the people of Greely were opted to either contribute to the new ideas of the fast food industry or deplete away with old fashioned ways of life.
Kelly Johnson
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6 it explains the life of a farmer and how his biggest possession is cattle. It also speaks about the big business and industries that evolve around cattle. I believe that Schlosser frames Hank's story because it is the best explanation of the life of all the work put in as a farmer and its advantages and disadvantages. For Hank he is raising the most essential thing that the world sees as good and that's cattle. If the cattle wasn't raised properly all these big businesses would not be as big as we know them today. An example of this is McDonald's, the book states that,"McDonald's is the nation's largest purchaser of beef". Beef makes of most of McDonald's menu.From the burger to the fries. So basically cattle is essential to the McDonald's life.As a farmer, Hank does not have it easy. He has to worry about more problems like rain and flood destroying his land. But as a business as long as you keep purchasing your okay.
Chapter 7 introduction talks about a town by the name of Greeley. The book states that,"Greeley is a modern-day factory town where cattle are the main units of production, where workers and machines large steer into small, vacuum-sealed packages of meat. This quote alone ties Hank's story to this chapter because it's main focus is cattle and how important it is everyday life. It shows the significance of cattle. Even though this town is known for its smell of animals and manure it's main purpose is the cattle. In Hank's story, event though he is a farmer that may run into problems on his farm his main importance is the raise of his cattles.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, Schlosser discusses the life of Hank, a farmer from Colorado. Hank tells Schlosser the many struggles he has to endure while trying to keep his farm because of the meat industry. Schlosser talks about the many farmers who have decided to either close their farms and move, or they had to get another job to finance their farms and provide for their families. According to Schlosser in the last twenty years about half a million ranchers have sold off their cattle and quit the business. Schlosser also list the many economic problems that farmers have to deal with and the major one would have to be the growth of many fast food chains which encouraged the consolidation in the meatpacking industry. Today it is the farmers versus the meatpacking industry and so far the meatpacking industry is victorious. The meatpacking industry manipulates the cattle process by financing feedlot owners who lease ranches from them; therefore, the meatpacking industry owns and controls the feedlot owners. This chapter also discusses how the meat owners control the poultry market and how they inject hormones in the meat making more meat for cheaper prices. Schlosser decides to close this chapter with the death of the famer Hank. Schlosser explains that it would be wrong to blame his death on the many economical pressures that Hank had to face being a low-income farmer; however Hank was under a lot of pressure not to long before he committed suicide. Eric Schlosser decides to frame this chapter with Hank’s story to inform his readers about the effects that the meatpacking industry had on the farmers.
ReplyDeleteHank’s story relates to Chapter 7 because this chapter explains the background of the meatpacking industry. Throughout this chapter Schlosser discuss the many dirty tricks and schemes of the meatpacking industry. He visits and examines the environment of Greely a town that industrializes so much meat that you can smell it as soon as you are in the town. Greely is where the beef trust was born and the beef trust was also discussed in chapter 6. The beef trust caused many farmers to lose money and go out of business. Schlosser correlates these to chapter by explaining to his readers the effects of the meat industry on farmers and how the meat industry began and how it still prevails.
Nancy Pham
ReplyDeleteSchlosser framed Chapter Six with Hank’s story to bring light on how the fast food industry brings harm to already existing occupations. Hank is depicted as one of the “central icons of the American West”; he was a cowboy/rancher. On his ranch, he owned cows. He was one of the true Americans that did not treat cows cruelly before they were made into food. Hank’s method of feeding the cows consisted of letting the cows graze on grass. He believed that this method was the best for the cows and the land, because the cows fertilized the land. Once the grass in that particular lot was running low, he would move the cows over to another lot that he owned. Now the cows have more grass to feed on while the grass in the other lot had a chance to grow and recover. Hank has cows with great quality, but why is he not thriving? It is because of the fast food industry. These ranchers have to compete with meat packing industries that have the fast food companies as loyal customers. Also, the ranchers have to put up with many economic problems, such as “rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, and health scares about beef. All of this is overwhelming to the rancher. In addition to beef, it is the same way with chickens. A person thinks they are going to make money by working with a fast food company by growing and raising chickens. However, what they do not know is that they are going to be stuck deep in dept. The chicken coops that the person has to purchase cost a fortune and by the time they pay that off, the fast food company demands a payment from the chicken raisers. Therefore, it is virtually impossible for the chicken raisers to climb out of debt. This leads to many ranchers/cowboys to commit suicide. In the end, It was all too much for Hank and he committed suicide. This chapter is centered around Hank’s story because it shows how fast food industries ruin people’s lives. This relates to chapter seven, because like the fast food industry running the ranchers out of business, it runs butchers out of business with their slaughterhouses.
Chinedu Echebelem
ReplyDeleteSchlosser used Hank’s story in Chapter 6 to foreshadow the effect of the development of the meat packing industry on the fast food industry. Hank is introduced to the story as a Colorado native rancher who raises cattle to provide for his family. Hank informs Schlosser about his financial struggles, which established from the meat packing industry becoming more pleasing to companies than farmers. With little water being absorbed into the ground, and erosion of the land beside the creek, Hank’s land for farming was affected by the development of the Colorado Springs. It was also affected by the expansion of the meat packing industry. Schlosser’s focus on the hardships Hank endured while trying to keep his farm is ironic to what is portrayed in Chapter 7. In chapter 7, Schlosser explains how the meat packing industry began to apply the same efficient techniques, used by the McDonald brothers, to pack meat. This less costly and proficient method became more appealing to big companies, including companies of the fast food industry. It can be said that these companies became dependable customers to the meat packing industry. With farmers becoming unneeded, many left the farming industry, sold their business, found other work, and some even tried to take out a loan from the bank. However, banks weren’t willing to give farmers a loan, because they didn’t believe these farmers would be able to pay the loan back. Hank’s story is an example of the negative effects from the meat packing industry and the monopolization in the beef industry. Schlosser explains how much power the meat packing industry holds versus what little amount of power in the hands of farmers. As a businessman, success and money are what motivates your drive. With no success, or money coming in, Hank had no motivation, which potentially is what led to his suicide. Although the outcome of Hank’s story can be seen as extreme, it is important that readers are able to see the hassles little and family businesses experience, because of the schemes and scandals of the big companies.
Minh Luan Nguyen
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 6, Schlosser talks about a farmer from Colorado named Hank and his daily struggle with farming and how the fast food industry ruins lives. Hank goes through many hardships such as droughts, floods, and soil erosion. How is all of this important to the fast food industry? The fast food industry does not have to worry about any of these factors. The way they operate is totally different. For example, Hank has to raise his cattle with care and nurture them for them to grow up healthy. Hank also had it bad because the Colorado Springs affected his land because his land wasn't getting enough water so it started to erode. It was really tough for Hank. It is unfortunate because Hank does a lot of hard work just to be outperformed by the fast food industry because of their trickery and tactics to bring down farmers such as Hank.
In chapter 7, it talks about how the fast food industry pretty much relies on feedlot owners who lease their ranches. Using this method, they do not have to worry about raising the animals, but just buying them from the people who grow them. Unfortunately, those who sell cows and chickens to fast food industries such as Hank are left in extreme debt that they could not have foreseen. Hank ends up committing suicide because the debt was too overwhelming. Because of the fast food industry, Hank's life was ruined and there are other stories just like Hank's.
Mahalia Dees
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, Schlosser discusses the story of a farmer named Hank. Hank is traditionally raising cattle, doing all he can to replenish what the cows take away. Meanwhile, runoff from irrigation is eroding his land. When he sees other farms around him, land is sucked dry from all of its nutrients, streams are dried up, and grass is brown and overgrazed. Near Hank’s land a new race track was built in the middle of the prairie, surrounded by nothing but brown grass. Hank knew that this will cause even more environmental problems and increase industrial building in the area. The cattle industry is not doing well either, with land taxes increasing, more importing, health scares, and constant pressure from “big businesses” trying to buy their land. All the stress eventually led to Hank’s suicide. Schlosser discusses Hank’s story to show how the industrialization of the food industry is affecting the environment, the economy, and the way people live their lives.
In chapter 7, Schlosser talks about the town of Greeley, Colorado and how businesses and factories have rooted and had a large effect on the way people live there. There is a constant smell of animals, there is smog everywhere. The largest thing that is produced there is hamburgers. The food industry is churning out processed meat and its fastest rate yet at the expense of the environment and the townspeople’s well-being. Many people in the town become sick and/or cannot make enough money because of the low wages factory workers receive.
These two stories are connected because together they show the process of meatpacking and who is suffering within that process. Chapter 6 starts with where the food comes from and chapter 7 continues with how that meat is processed and shipped to the various companies.
Schlosser framed Chapter 6 with Hank's story because he wanted to tell his readers about the daily life of a farmer. Hank was your typical cowboy/rancher from Colorado just trying to make a living. He profession is an example of an occupation that has been around for decades and is being overtaken be the fast food industry. He treat his cows with respect and raises them how they are suppose to be raised. Hank shows the difference between what he does and tearing up the land. He takes precautions with the raising of his land so that the land remains fertile. On the other perspective Chapter 7 leads into the meat packing industry and explains it's background. He tells about the schemes and dirty tricks that the meatpacking industry uses.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter started off talking about a city called Greeley, Colorado, and it described the smell, and the way they grow their cows. Chapter 7 is saying how the meat packing industry uses feeding lot owners to lease the farms and uses it for themselves. They also use growth hormones to grow the meat faster and a better price with no concern to the consumer who is eating the product. Hank died because of the stress the meat packing industry was forcing upon him. They were trying to build a highway through his land. As you can tell, the fast food industries left Hank in so much debt that was not foreseen by anybody, that he decided to commit suicide. I believe that Schlosser framed Chapter 6 in Hanks story because he wanted his readers to see what the fast food making industry does to the common man. He ties in the different ways to produce poultry ,and in a way it's shows the better way to make meat and the faster way to do it.
Anh Phuong Dang
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 6, Schlosser writes about a local farmer named Hank. Ranchers and cowboys have been the central icons of the American West, but they are rapidly disappearing. Over the past twenty years, about half a million ranchers sold their cattle and quit their business. Ranchers face a lot of economic problems, such as rising land prices, beef prices, development pressures, and health scares about beef. The growth of fast food chains has increased consolidation in the meatpacking industry. The meatpacking industry has been transformed by mergers and acquisitions over the last twenty years. Many ranchers now argue that a few corporations have gained a stranglehold on the marker and using it to decrease the price of cattle. Chapter 6 frames Hank's story because he is one of the millions of ranchers that went through the stage of stress, depression, and the effects that the meatpacking industry had bought upon them
In Chapter 7, Schlosser writes about Greeley, Colorado. Greeley is a factory town where cattle are the main units of production, where workers and machines turn large steer into small, sealed packages of meat. The industrialization of cattle-raising and meatpacking over the past two decades has completely altered how beef is produced and the towns that produce it. Meatpacking have turned one of the nation's best-paying jobs into one of the lowest-paying. Crime, poverty, drug abuse, and homelessness have taken a root in towns where you'd least expect to find them. Before Greeley became a meatpacking town, it was a community of small farmers. Hank's story relates to this chapter because the meatpacking industry doesn't just put ranchers and farmers in an economic situation, it also put the community and workers of the slaughterhouse in one too.
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ReplyDeleteKierra Hitchens
ReplyDeleteSchlosser frames chapter 6 with Hank’s story to explain the life of farmers. Hank was a farmer from Colorado who is a typical western cowboy. Hank explains the struggles of being an independent farmer and competing meatpacking industries. Meat packing industries throughout Colorado have caused many farmers to leave their farm behind because of low income and high land prices. Some farmers were even forced to get another job to help support their families. Schlosser explains that the expansion of fast food industries has changed Colorado farmland completely. Many Farmers soil, just like Hanks even suffered from erosion because of the lack of water due to the Colorado Springs plant. Fast Food companies were in complete control. In fact, it became so overwhelming about a year after Schlosser interviewed Hank, Hank committed suicide due to the stress caused by the fast food industry.
In Chapter 7, Schlosser focus on the city of Greeley, in Colorado. Greeley is a major meat packing area. In fact, it smells of nothing but slaughtered animals. Chapter 7 relates to chapter 6 because it discusses the meatpacking industry and how it affects the people surrounding Greeley. Chapter 6 focuses mainly on Hank’s story and farmer’s hard lifestyles under the meat packing industry. Schlosser shows the relation between the two chapters by telling the struggles of farmers, consumers, and the fast food and meatpacking industries.
Peter Huynh
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, Schlosser talk about a farmer named Hank from Colorado. Since there was a meat industry, Hank had troubles on his farm. Like Hank, other farmers had trouble with their farms as well. It was hard to keep their farm up and running. They either had to move to another place, get another job, or close their farms. Since there have farms and meat packing industries existing at the same time, that would cause great conflict between the two. The meat packing industry would win because they have more equipment and more technology while farmers can’t match the meat industry. Hank and other farmers do not treat their cattle like meat industry. Farmers treat their cattle well until they have to be killed and the meat industry treats animals cruelly. Schlosser makes chapter six relate to chapter seven because they are both alike. Chapter seven mainly talks about the meat packing industry and how they use dirty tricks in order to keep a business running well. After seeing what happens in chapter seven, you can see how it is like chapter six because of how the meat packing industry can make a farmer run out of business. Meat industries are willing to do whatever it takes to stay in business. This chapter also shows how important cattles were important back then and how they are still important today.
Ambre Reed
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 6 Schlosser framed Hank’s story to show the story of those affected by the meat market monopoly. By introducing Hank it allowed one to see how the small town cowboys worked the ranching system and they felt about the new meat market taking over surrounding areas. Hank also explained how he and other ranchers used the land without “raping” it, like the huge meat markets. Hank explained, “ His cattle spent ten or eleven days in one pasture, then moved to the next, allowing the native plants, the blue grama and buffalo grass, time to recover” (Schlosser 134). Hank stated he was nothing like the environmentalist, but the fact that he made a system for his ranching and knew the exact names of plants that were affected by his business showed that he did care about the land around him. In addition to showing how the meat market monopoly affected ranchers Schlosser used Hank’s story to somewhat villianize the meat monopoly. Chapter 7 basically exemplifies how the assembly line system was applied to the meat market. Instead of using farms or ranches to produce meat factories were used and there was an elimination of skilled work. Now the larger companies could sell their meat for less money taking or the meat exactly what rancher’s disliked because they could no longer make enough money from their hard work. Not only was a small group of companies/people taking over the market they showed no consideration for the people or land around them. Hank being an independent rancher was subject to such big business. The only way small ranchers were saved from the take over of the meat monopolies was government controls, which lasted a while until Republicans Ronald Regan allowed big business to gain power again.
Charity Crain
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, Schlosser talks about Hank, a farmer from Colorado. Hank had some trouble with his farm and making money like he should because of the meat industry. Many farmers began to struggle due to the success and high demand of the meat industry. The meat industry made many farmers move because of lack of success off of their farm. The meat industry had an upper hand over the farmers because of how technological advanced the meat industry. In chapter 7, Schlosser talks about how the meat industry works. It shows how they have the ability to make the farmers go out of business due to the amount of help/technology as well as their ability to sell their products for cheap. It also shows how different these meat industry companies differ in how they take care of their product. Due to the money and power, the meat industry was more determined to take over.
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ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 6, Schlosser used Hank’s story to foreshadow how the growth of the meat packing industry would eventually impact not only Hank and other famers but the fast food industry as well. Hank is a Colorado rancher and cowboy who raises cattle for a living. His jobs is his only was of providing for his family. Hank tells Schlosser about his daily struggles and being unable to compete with the meat packing industry’s low prices and efficiency. In recent years the land surrounding his farm as been developed for the profit of businessmen. This brought about various negative environmental consequences. After failing to compete with the meat packing industry and going out of business Hank unfortunately committed suicide, leaving his family behind. Throughout Chapter 7, Schlosser talks about the history, trickery and scheming of the meatpacking industry. The author goes to Greely, where the beef trust was born, to further investigate the meat packing industry. He finds that the town produces so so much meat and so consistently that a permanent stench of animals and manure fills the air. The beef trust was responsible for loss of business and eventually money by farmers in the town and surrounding areas. The information gained by going to Greely allows the author to provide the reader with background and context to better understand the functionality of the meat packing industry and its potentialy overwhelming dominance. The use of Hank’s story as a framing device exposes the industrialization of the food industry as an industry that is destroying the environment, changing the economy, and taking away workers’ livelihood. Schlosser’s discussion also relates to Chapter 7 because the fast food industry indirectly put many cattle-raising ranchers out of business (like Hank) and is doing the same to many others who work in the meat industry.
ReplyDeleteAsia Harris
ReplyDeleteI believe Schlosser framed Chapter 6 with Hank’s story because Hank was the average American trying to make a way for his family providing for them financially. Schlosser wanted to bring to everyone’s attention how the meat packaging industry is taking over. Hank was one of the few descent men who took pride in his cattle nourishing and providing for them in the correct way, not the “CHEAP” way. Hank spoke to Schlosser about the many troubles he had to take on daily, ultimately stressing him out. As a man who needs to provide for his family, the one who is supposed to put food on the table he is virtually having problems doing so and I agree with Schlosser we should know about this. Hank’s story brings a point to chapter 7 by showing what type of people will soon be running this world. If the fast food industry stay at the rate it is going we may all be home wreakers because we are funding this industry and the same industry we are funding is buying meat from these meat packaging industries, who don’t even hire their own people(us Americans). Hanks story shows the negative effects the meat packaging industry has on this economy, in which the fast food industry is praising for animal cruelty, animal injections, and low cost meat.
Can you imagine being in Hanks position dealing with the everyday struggles, of stress wondering whether or not you will make any money to feed your family? Can you imagine being that animal in the slaughter house being abuse, neglected, and unloved up until death where the one is so brutally slaughter you having no remorse. Schlosser has opened my eyes and I agree with him when he says the fast food industry do don’t deserve any of the money he works so hard for. I truly believe Hank’s wasn’t the first farmer to commit suicide, and he won’t be the last.
Chapter six is a about life on the farm and the proper way to raise cattle. Cattle are a big part of the fast food nation business because of the beef purposes. Schlosser went to Colorado and met Hank. Hank is a prestige farmer and cattle raiser. Schlosser toured Hanks farm and new subdivisions of other rising farms in the area. Hank is one of the best farmers because he does less damage to land and environment than other farmers who are careless about their work. Hank talks about keeping his land lush and fertile while others continue to “rape the land.” The meatpacking industry is very successful because of prestige farmers like Hank. Farming is not easy that why many people have quit the business and sold cattle because of economic difficulty. Schlosser saw the definition of a good caring farmer. A great farmer thinks about the land and environment while taking care of the cattle.
ReplyDeleteChapter seven starts off in Colorado. In Greely, Colorado it’s a small town where meatpacking is done a lot. The small town of Greely has dedicated itself to agriculture. Hank’s story relates to chapter seven because in Greely they believe in land first before there work. Education and high moral values are taken very seriously also in this town. Chapter six and seven relate because Schlosser gives specific places in each chapter where good farming and agricultural vibe is present. Farmers should be careful when doing there job because it is not easy, but some continue to farm without regard for the land. The town of Greely is like the originator of meatpacking because so much meat gets packed everyday. The town industry revolves around the meat they pack to be sent to other places. Like in chapter six Hank’s farm revolves around the cleanliness of the environment and his prosperous success he has been having.
Schlosser frames Chapter 6 with Hank’s story to show the effect that meat packing industry has on the fast food industry. Hank is a farmer from Colorado who raises cattle. He gives Schlosser a tour through ranch. Hank takes many precautions in raising cattle, so that the land remains lush and fertile. He was diligent about caring for his land, and protected the ecosystem of a creek that ran through his property. He was a dying breed. He goes through many afflictions, such as flooding and droughts. This relates to the fast food industry because they don’t have to worry about things like this. Hank and the fast food industry operate two different ways. The fast food industry gets there food from factories and they use things to substitute their foods. While Hank, on the other hand, has to raise his cattle so they can grow up healthy and he could make money.
ReplyDeleteHank’s story relates to Chapter 7 there is a modern day factory in a town named Greeley in which cattle is their main focus. They both are related because cattle are the main focus from both perspectives and they both tell how it affects their everyday life. This chapter also tells the background of the meatpacking industry. There are smells that comes from the slaughterhouses that kill cattle, package the meat, and cook the remains into dog food. Industrialization has now hit the production and packaging of meat, so no skill is required. To me the natural way of growing cattle no matter how much more expensive it may be you’re making a good product for us the American people.
TaiRhe Turner
ReplyDeleteSchlosser, in chapter six, exposes the life of a farmer. He uses Hank, of whom he met in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hank does things the way it should be done. However the competition of the fast food industry is too great for him to thrive the way he would like to. Although his product is of great quality, the fast food industry is more concentrated on quantity. And because of this, they make more money. Ranchers and farmers also face certain economic problems. Adversities such as rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, oversupplies of cattle, increased shipments of live cattle from Canada and Mexico, developmental pressures, inheritance taxes, and health scares about beef are all factors that threaten the job of a farmer. Once a farmer is losing the battle with the industry, they face the dangers of debt and powerlessness.Schlosser’s focus on the hardships Hank endured while trying to keep his farm is relates to what is disclosed in Chapter 7. The town of Greeley, Colorado produces the smell that puts ranchers out of business. The smell of slaughter house waste, feedlots, and loopholes. I say loopholes in the context of the schemes and money saving techniques used to reduce the quality of the meat we as Americans consume. Making the majority of the beef we eat unhealthy.
Taylor Reuther
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 6, Schlosser talks about how farmers are exploited due to these huge handfuls of companies. He uses the story of Hank to show a real life situation of a farmer that was once so proud and happy to own his land and property to a man that took his own life because of all the stress these companies has put upon him. Hank owned a large amount of cattle, which is sacred to farmers because beef is one of the biggest industries in the fast food business. McDonald’s is the nation’s largest purchaser of beef because the company uses beef in practically every food item they make from burgers to the fries. Hank is a victim of the monopolization of the meat packing industry. Little town farmers are no longer wanted by these industries because the farms take too long to grow the cattle to be slaughtered. The companies can fatten the cattle in a less amount of time and with less money, so why not do that instead of depending on individual farmers. The farmers of the United States are no longer needed because of the fact these huge industries are taking over their way of life. The development of cities is also not helping these farmers. In Hank’s story specifically, the fact that El Paso wanted to build a huge interstate right through the middle of Hank’s farm land led him to many sleepless nights. All in all, the fact that huge companies monopolizing led an innocent farmer to take his life is not uncommon these days. The suicide rate for farmers is three times higher than the national average. This average is going to keep going up because the hardships for farmers are increasing because they do not get paid much, especially in this economy.
Chapter six is about the life of an old fashioned rancher who takes great pride in his cattle. His name is Hank. He is a man around the age forty two who supports his family by rising and by ranching alone. He told Schlosser about how hard it was to support his family on ranching alone because the meat packing industry was more pleasing to the companies than to the farmers. Hank wanted to show Schlosser how his way of ranching was not "raping the land". Hank did all he could to raise money to take care of his family but the big companies ran him out of business. As the years went on he eventually committed suicide because he was going broke and the government wanted to build a highway right through the middle of his land. Chapter seven talked about the town of Greeley where they had built a meat packing industry from ground up. Warren Monfort started the business in the 1930's with eighteen head of cattle. By the 1950's he was feed twenty thousand head of cattle. He accomplished this by feeding the cows grain which was cheaper than letting them eat grass. Later another guy applied the McDonalds theory of using unskilled workers in the meat-packing industry so a lot of skilled workers were fired and the company began making more money and paid the workers less. Upton Sinclair work a book on the meatpacking industry called The Jungle. It showed all of the horrors that went on in the factories. Working conditions were terrible and they talked about a man who was grinded into mush and feed to other human beings. Even after he pointed out all of these horrors the industries only walked away with a slap on the wrist. Hank's story relates to chapter 7 because it shows how the food industry ruins people's lives.
ReplyDeleteDikeyta Bowser
ReplyDeleteIn chapter six, Schlosser brings us into the life of Hank. Hank is a farmer whose life is disrupted by modern day industrialization. Hanks job as a former was popular in the United States and used to benefit the fast food industry for some time. Unfortunately, Hank’s life began to go down hill as the meat packing industry and other industrializations were being constructed. Schlosser goes into great detail by acknowledging the highway construction that would travel through Hank’s farm land. As I comprehended, Hank would lose great income due to the lost of farm land which would result in less crop production. Of course Hank’s financial situation took a great affect on him emotionally. Hank was no longer able to truly support his family which drove him to commit suicide. An unfortunate tragedy was caused due to the fast food industry.
Chapter seven has some relevance to chapter six. Schlosser ties in another life example that depicts the impact the fast food industry has on the working society. Schlosser ties in the idea of the work force with a town known as Greely in the state of Colorado. This town is considered one of America’s meat packing facilities. The people of Greely focus solely on getting the job done, meat packing, to receive the income and stability they need. Just as Hank, the people of Greely were opted to either contribute to the new ideas of the fast food industry or deplete away with old fashioned ways of life.