Comments on: The Chick-fil-a First 100 at Fort Collins (with bonus blizzard!) http://tastyniblets.com/2009/10/30/the-chick-fil-a-first-100-at-fort-collins-with-bonus-blizzard/ Whereupon I dump some pictures and words about food onto the internet. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:35:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: CC http://tastyniblets.com/2009/10/30/the-chick-fil-a-first-100-at-fort-collins-with-bonus-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-599 CC Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:31:50 +0000 http://tastyniblets.com/?p=446#comment-599 Thanks for the great story (and for braving the storm to tell it)-- I had no idea Chick-fil-a did these events, but I'll be on the lookout now! Thanks for the great story (and for braving the storm to tell it)– I had no idea Chick-fil-a did these events, but I’ll be on the lookout now!

]]> By: Scott Burger http://tastyniblets.com/2009/10/30/the-chick-fil-a-first-100-at-fort-collins-with-bonus-blizzard/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Scott Burger Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:50:05 +0000 http://tastyniblets.com/?p=446#comment-586 Thats quite a feat. I have heard about events like this and seen some mildly entertaining documentaries about them- "Hands On A Hard Body", anyone? But one thing I feel compelled to mention is the environmental problems associated with the cheap chicken that Chick-fil-a and other fast food chains serve. Massive chicken farms in places like Virginia's Eastern Shore are poisoning the Chesapeake Bay and other bodies of water with stormwater runoff that is full of chicken pee and poop. Its a real problem that is killing the Bay. I don't mean to be a total kill joy, and I too enjoy a good chicken sandwich from time to time, but its something that people need to be educated about so that they can lobby their political representatives to fix. The fast food corporations keep the farms as independent agents so that they can wash their hands of it, so to speak, while the farmers claim they have raise massive amounts of chickens to stay competitive and solvent. In short, I understand and in a sense admire your quest for cheap chicken, but something does need to change overall to save the environment. Thats quite a feat. I have heard about events like this and seen some mildly entertaining documentaries about them- “Hands On A Hard Body”, anyone?

But one thing I feel compelled to mention is the environmental problems associated with the cheap chicken that Chick-fil-a and other fast food chains serve. Massive chicken farms in places like Virginia’s Eastern Shore are poisoning the Chesapeake Bay and other bodies of water with stormwater runoff that is full of chicken pee and poop. Its a real problem that is killing the Bay.

I don’t mean to be a total kill joy, and I too enjoy a good chicken sandwich from time to time, but its something that people need to be educated about so that they can lobby their political representatives to fix. The fast food corporations keep the farms as independent agents so that they can wash their hands of it, so to speak, while the farmers claim they have raise massive amounts of chickens to stay competitive and solvent.

In short, I understand and in a sense admire your quest for cheap chicken, but something does need to change overall to save the environment.

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