What the Cult of Efficiency Costs Us

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A proposed Save Our Bacon Act would industrialize pig farming further in the name of efficiency, but Senator Chris Murphy argues the economic logic misses what really matters. The legislation would consolidate smaller operations into massive facilities, squeezing out family farms while delivering cheaper meat that masks the true cost: animal suffering, environmental damage, and the loss of rural communities. Murphy contends that our obsession with efficiency has blinded us to what we're actually buying, not just bacon, but a system that harms pigs, pollutes water, and erodes the fabric of agricultural life.