Survey Update

     With my survey up and running, I have gotten a number of responses. The results show that most people are not now, nor have they ever been, vegetarian. Most people also eat an average amount of meat throughout the week with few eating it never or more than thrice a day. Almost everyone has seen a documentary on the food production industry about meat with a slight effect on their lifestyles. Almost everyone is aware that most of the meat in the US comes from industrial farming. Again almost all of the respondents said that  organic meat is healthier than non-organic and that it is also more expensive. No one eats organic meat many times throughout the week, but it is eaten. Most also believe that organic meat is not marketed as strongly as it's industrial counterpart. Then for the last question I found that people are willing to eat organic meat if it is cheaper of the same price as industrial meat, but not if it is more expensive. My findings are proving my hypothesis about why people eat non-organic meat over the organic option.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C6CGLXC

The Survey

Although my survey hasn't been finished a large number of times, the few completions are allowing me to form a beginning hypothesis. Since I have only asked a few friends so far to complete the survey, the hypothesis is not very extensive and has yet to be proven without a doubt. My initial thoughts were correct though. Many do not know that most, if not all, of the meat that eat comes from industrial farms. Also after sharing a few details about the practices of the farms, most said that they would try and eat sustainably raised animals. The only problem then comes from the increased cost of sustainably raised meat which people are usually not willing to pay.