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A surprising number of kids in the US think hot dogs are actually this

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C C Offline
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-surprisin...vegetables

INTRO: Modern American children have become so disconnected from the source of their food that many kindergarteners think bacon comes from a plant, not a pig, according to a small new survey. This fundamental misunderstanding also seems to extend to cheese, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, shrimp, and hamburgers, all of which were deemed to be plant-based by a significant number of kids surveyed.

Testing 176 children in the United States between the ages of 4 and 7, researchers found "pervasive errors in their basic food knowledge". Meat was the most misunderstood, but some vegetables, like deep-fried potatoes, also caused confusion. In the end, nearly half the group sorted french fries into the 'animal-based' category, while about 41 percent placed bacon in the 'vegetable-based' category.

"One reason that children may lack basic food knowledge is because so many of them have very little exposure to how food is grown," the authors suggest. "With fewer and older Americans farming, the number of children in the United States who live on working farms has dwindled..." (MORE - details)
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Syne Offline
How much of that is vegan crap, like claims that all meat is bad? Then food you eat regularly must be good and plant-based, and food you're told is bad for you, like substituting apple wedges instead of french fries, must be animal-based.
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confused2 Offline
From the source in the OP..
Quote:Researchers suspect young humans start out placing a high value on mammal lives, but as they grow up, those values begin to decline in favor of food.
There is no need to undermine an instinctive Furry Lives Matter - this is all about an industry and making money - no different from tobacco, asbestos and the rest.
FLM - (unfortunately I didn't get there first) https://secure.aspca.org/team/furry-lives-matter
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C C Offline
If it's a pet,
Let's care and fret.
If it's livestock,
Bring the chop block.
If it's a pest,
Remove the rest.
If wild acts tame,
Give it a name.
If it's a threat,
Shoot it to death.
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