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I suspect that the author is referring to events like this Futurist Banquet at SFMOMA when describing butchery as a spectacle at trendy food events.

From the article:
The main event was a whole 800 lb cow that had been spit-roasted for 18 hours the night before, bicycled through the city to the museum, then butchered by a team of all-female chefs. Amidst the eruption of cultish clapping, the slabs of beef were delivered by conveyer belt from the sacrificial table to the different food stations. One of which ground up the beef using a hand-operated meat grinder, before stuffing it into fried corn tortillas, constructing beef ice cream cones.

Make of it what you will, but the excitement of the audience here is certainly not due to a curiosity about practical butchery processes, nor is it about developing a connection to a holistic food system.

Yeah, the Light My Fire sporks look great, but they break like crazy when thrown in packs and treated rough.

Sprouts are incredibly easy to grow yourself and you can control and avoid all of the worries mentioned here. They only take a few days to grow and are not labor intensive at all. Also, it is way cheaper to grow your own.

http://www.i4at.org/lib2/sprouts.htm