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Do you think the chickens give a shit what colour the barn is?

No, but if you do a GIS for "barn" you'll find virtually every top result to be a red barn. Here's a screen shot: http://cl.ly/image/3G2w3N2a3d1e/Screen%20Shot%202014-12-23%2...

I'm saying chicken/dairy/etc. producers will happily use this stereotypical image in their marketing, but the reality of how they're raising the animals is very different.

In other (not) news:

-Land O Lakes butter is not hand delivered by pretty Native American ladies.[1]

-Tigers don't actually eat Frosted Flakes and you should not let them play baseball with your children.[2]

-Many, many, many other examples of the gap between marketing and reality.

[1] http://static.atlantablackstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/0...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXF3KyLdhc

True enough, but the positive response you feel to a red barn is just as illogical as the negative response you feel towards the word 'industrial' as applied to barns or fans. Do you see the irony in an article debunking these feel good labels applied to the eggs, by applying negative labels instead to evoke pictures of industrial factories, etc.? Do you really think the chickens are bothered by the colour and style of their barns?

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