I ran across two bad ideas in my travels on the internet this week.  The first is genetically modifying pigs to produce less sulfur in their excrement.  There are plenty of red flags around GMO’s but the real question  is why are we raising these animals in such a way that their waste is problem instead of a boon.  We are excited enough about our pig excrement that the location of the next pig paddock and subsequent fertilizer drop is carefully planned to spread the wealth. This effort shows backwards thinking on so many levels.

The second article is about McDonalds Opposing Cage-free Eggs.  The request was for 5% of McDonald’s eggs to come from cage free hens.  These birds are still raised in confinement and never see the light of day but they have slightly more space.  I think the Onion put it best when they quipped “Five percent would have been perfect, as I tend to get a guilty conscience with every 20th Egg McMuffin.”