POLYFACE FARMS LUXURY VS FIVE DIAMOND ULTIMATE LUXURY

 

Everyone on this side of the hermit life has seen a county fair cow barn, a state fair pig parade, and a showcase of caged chickens.

 

Keeping them all penned up seemed harsh until I saw a picture of industrial meat production.

 

Next cow up, chicken herder.

The only place I’ve seen that allows meat animals to behave like normal animals is Polyface Farms in Virginia.

They keep their cattle herd on the move from one fenced grass section to the next; their pigs are the piggiest pigs on the planet, allowed room to roam in a shaded glen; the chickens live in a mobile home following the cow trail like groupies and the Grateful Dead of old.

 

They all share the same fate, but for their short lives they get to be animals and do things animals do.

 

The cows and chickens and pigs of Polyface Farms live in 5 Diamond ultimate luxury, based on the adjusted curve for farm animals.

If Five Diamond Ultimate Luxury is a new term to you, join the crowd. After my experience at Vidanta, I look for the 5 Diamond bar everywhere.

 

The first place I thought of was Polyface Farms. How, you ask, is a farm 5 diamond rated? It’s a farm.

 

Polyface Farms is five diamond rated for the animals.

 

Like Vidanta, and Hotel California, you can check in anytime you want, but you’ll never leave. The Five Diamond bar is like the dream of a better Rome from Gladiator, and higher than expected; it’s the thousand points of light from early American history before George Bush; and it leaves a mark.

 

The critters at Polyface Farms don’t know they’ll die, that they were born to die. Instead of living in the shadow of doom on feed lot stalls and chicken ranches, they live outside in organized freedom. Instead of the stress and stillness of living in their own waste, and the trauma of overcrowding, Polyface animals roam the Virginia countryside in five diamond style.

I’ve read that artist are no different than anyone else, except that they connect ideas no one has connected. This is blogger art connecting Vidanta and Polyface and five diamond ultimate luxury.

 

What if people who’ve never experienced five diamond ultimate luxury, like yours truly, get a taste of it for a week. Take it down to four or three diamond if a five is too far away. Would it be life changing? If so, which way?

 

Opinions on the extreme opposites might run like this:

 

So this is ultimate luxury? I hate it.

 

Or, this is ultimate luxury? I love it.

 

After a week in Vidanta I’ve come up with a grand solution to at risk populations in cities and small towns, people who see only more tunnel at the end of the tunnel. Sponsor them for a week at the nicest place in town.

 

After a week, assess the results. Did it all work out? What didn’t work out? What needs work?

 

After their time on Polyface Farms the animals turn into the finest products resulting from the best treatment.

 

After a week of ultimate luxury at Vidanta I’ve come to understand another level of motivation.

 

Every good experience leads to a better one. It takes work. What to do?

Get to work and make plans for the future. That’s what I came away with.

 

What would you come away with?