高中英语教学：Pig Farming Doesnt to be this cruel.docx

Pig Farming Doesnt Have to Be This Cruel By Mark Essig In a little discussed pending Supreme Court case, National Pork Products Council v. Ross, the conditions of pork production are being debated. The case is ostensibly about the limits that one state—California—can impose on food production in other states, but it is also about the grim realities of pig farming, which have largely been hidden from pork-eating public. Pigs and people once lived on intimate terms. Whereas cattle and sheep lived on pasture outside town, many people kept pigs in backyard sties and came to admire pigs intelligenc