Another thing about rice

I didn’t know this, but it turns out that chicken “litter”, i.e. chicken feces, is used to grow organic rice. That is highly disgusting.

When I have always thought about rice, I had an image in my mind of some idyllic rice paddy in harmony with nature, sort of like you see in those pictures in the Japanese commercials for rice. Or perhaps just a more basic field out somewhere in the Central Valley. But the concept of using chicken “litter” on the rice. I don’t know. How much do they use? It just seems sick. It also seems like some kind of huge, industrial agribusiness type thing and not very holistic.

Chicken “farming” in general is sick. This is not evolution but regression. Humans should be moving forward. We have the ability to use our minds and hearts and cultivate the wisdom to understand that we don’t need to exploit animals to obtain our nourishment.

Anyhow, I’m glad I’m quitting the consumption of rice and all rice products.