Andrew F. Smith once said, “Eating at fast food restaurants and other restaurants is simply a manifestation of the commodification of time coupled with the relatively low value many Americans place on their food they eat." In the non-fiction book “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser, the author experienced firsthand the aspects of fast food and explained that it has changed agriculture that we don't realize today. We eat fast food every day and it has become an addiction that affects many factors that are not beneficial to our health. Imagine rich grassy plains and a farm that raises livestock and contributes to our daily consumption. Have you ever wondered what meatpacking companies and slaughterhouses have done to the meat you eat every day? Do you really believe that the wonderful aroma of your patties and burgers actually comes from the burger? Wake up! The natural products that come from farms are being tampered with by American greed, and their tactics deceive our perspectives on today's agricultural industries. The growth of fast food has gradually changed the face of agriculture and livestock, slaughterhouses and meat packing, nutrition and health, and even the taste of food. Fast food has changed agriculture, farming, and meatpacking to such a degree that it is nearly impossible to change. recover thanks to the amount of meat consumed in the United States and the amount of meat needed to prepare those products in America and other foreign countries. The author of Fast Food Nation said: “Ranchers currently face a variety of economic problems: rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, oversupply of livestock, increased shipments of live cattle from Canada and Mexico … half of the paper… ....es of cattle, which has caused an increase in reports of suicide. Slaughterhouses and meatpacking companies have amplified the amount of livestock slaughtered every hour to meet the amount of meat consumed in the United States due to fast food. The harm that fast food has caused to illegal immigrant workers and healthcare workers employed in slaughterhouses is equal to the murder of men and women, minute after minute. The growth of fast food is too rapid for our voices to be heard, and today fast food has implemented too much innovation in agriculture for it to be resolved. We can still change the society we live in today, as long as we withdraw our arrogant and selfish thoughts about fast food and think of ways to improve and recover what the fast food industry had done. Work Cited Schlosser, Eric. Fast food nation. New York: perennial, 2002.