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We protect “companion animals” like hamsters while largely ignoring what amounts to the torture of chickens and cows and pigs. In short, if you keep a pig as a pet, you can’t kick it. If you keep a pig you intend to sell for food, you can pretty much torture it. State laws are known as “Common Farming Exemptions” allow industry — rather than lawmakers — to make any practice legal as long as it’s common. “In other words,” as Jonathan Safran Foer, the author of “Eating Animals,” wrote, “the industry has the power to define cruelty. It’s every bit as crazy as giving burglars the power to define trespassing.”

The term “Made in the USA” speaks of quality, excellent craftsmanship and a superior product. Continuing to use foreign imports gives no guarantee of quality. While shipments and products can be monitored, there is no true guarantee of the imported goods quality and longevity.

While price tags will often be higher for made in USA products, the cost per use is actually often lower as the made in USA quality will last far longer than a foreign-made alternate.