Testing the Hypothesis

7A – TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS

Animal Industry Awareness

Opportunity: Thousands of Americans have a misconception about the animal industry and how it works because of propaganda created around it.

• The who: The animal industry in America
• The what: They judged with misconception about how animals are treated
• The why: There are several companies that make propaganda that portray the industry was bad people

Testing the who: Not just in America, but there are companies all around the world that are making propaganda about the industry daily. The 'who' is those who work in the animal industry that are judge like they are doing something wrong.

Testing the what: Some misconceptions about the industry like meat from the grocery store is filled with hormones that are unnatural and unhealthy for people. This makes the animal industry look bad and the thing is they don't even use hormones unless it is necessary for the wellbeing of the animal. But when a couple of people belief that's what they do everyone, except those who understands the industry, believe it too.

Testing the why: Companies like Peta was created to scare people away from the animal industry and the companies is worldwide. So that's why some people all over the world believe what they say. And there has been plenty of times of when a farm did something conversational that gets spread all over the internet and shines a bad light on the industry. But animal industry is open about what happens in the factories and farms, yet people still chose to believe the myths.

Interview #1

• In this interview, I found a student who believes most the propaganda that companies like Peta give. They never tried to found out if the news they got from the internet was true and believe the animals are being abused at the farms. They were also vegan because they didn't want to eat a product that had the possibility of animal cruelty.

Interview #2

• I interviewed someone works in the animal industry for most of their life and because UF has an agriculture division I was able to tell them in person. They told that even though the propaganda makes the industry look bad, they will still do their job of feeding the world. Only a small percent of the earth has cultivable land and it's getting smaller do to the grow population. 

Interview #3

• The next person who I interviewed and that I will not name is someone who doesn't care about anything they hear about the animal industry. They said don't really read any articles about the conversational things that happened. There wasn't much to get from the person, but I still thought it was good to have that interview.

Interview #4

• The next interviewee I had, someone who read all the articles they could find about the animal industry. They used the articles as an excuse to stop using the products that is with articles says anything bad about them. They don't do any other research on the products they remove from their lives.

Interview #5

• In this interview, I talked to someone took an animal science class that talks about the animal industry. They felt more educated about the truths in the industry and they believe they won't fall for the propaganda that they are told.

After all the interviews, I see there is an opportunity for a program that informs the population of what the animal industry actually does and debunked the myths that are told to them. It could be apart of the educational system to teach students about the industry instead of let them believe anything they read on the internet. From some of the interviews it is obvious that some people don't actually do correct amount of research on the food they eat. So a program that educates the youth could be success because the knowledge of knowing what happens to get the food to their plates is important to learn.