There are many compelling reasons to improve our treatment of food production animals from it is the right thing to do, to their (and our) health, and even to things as nebulous as national security. Since our nation runs on its collective stomach and because it is next to impossible for individuals to produce enough food to support themselves even for a short time, it seems obvious that everything we do to improve the entire process would be the minimum we must do. What I ask if this- if tomorrow, we were to enact all needed changes to the poultry growers and the attendant processing industry, what impact would that have on the price per pound of chicken? Would it go from $1.29/pound to $8/pound? What then. Where is our value system when we will willing pay $3.50. for a grande latte (12oz.) making the per gallon cost $7.16, and oh by the way the contents of which is mostly milk, which sells for $2-3./gallon for 2%. Just random rants…