At this point in the book, Michael Pollan describes his experience at what could be considered an organic slaughterhouse. The reasoning for him going to this place, is to desribe how the animal's (specifically the chickens) are slaughtered. He mentioned this in the book because it is important for people to understand what the life of a chicken being prepared to slaughter should be.
Pollan concluded at the end of this section, "I finally had to conclude that Rosie the organic free-range chicken doesn't really grok the wholed free-range conceit." He continues on about how the field for these chickens has turned more into a joke: something that is there but really more for people and vistors to get some fresh air, rather than for the chickens. It would have been interesting, however, to read about how Pollan feels about Factory Farming. I don't support PETA, but they make a good point about animal abuse even so.
I guess there's really no way to treat pre-slaughter animals well, and that's kind of what I can pull from Pollan's chapter about the chickens.
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