Downfall of the Free Market and the Collision of Animal Rights and Human Rights

Mary Ann seems to believe in the free market and the ability of the people to influence the corporations to create more and more humane and eco-friendly options. I wonder how accurate her belief is due to a lack of transparency in the market and a general ignorance of consumers about what they are buying. I would think the market would demand a corporation to advertise its benefits, keep prices low (if lower than competitors even better), and to hide the negative side of their production from the public. What is the benefit in transparency in a market where the majority of corporations are not transparent yet still turn huge profits? This means that people are often unable or unwilling to learn about how their food is produced and so I would think that the invisible hand is rather restricted and so more responsibility needs to be placed on the corporations. Another reason for this is that the more organic products tend to pass on fewer hidden costs to consumers and their neighbor which increases the actual cost of their product; however other producers simply pass on these hidden costs while creating a much cheaper product. Without people being made aware of all the hidden costs it would seem illogical for them to buy other products allowing the unethical producers to prosper.
Another way in which the ethics of what we eat becomes confused is with the working families. The book makes it very apparent how differently fisherman and environmental groups view what is going on in the environment. Is it right to deny a family what has been their livelihood for a very long time? I think to the average person it seems sad to destroy that historical family fisherman; however at the same time it seems like sometimes it is necessary in order to save wildlife populations. It seems hard to distinguish where the line is between animal rights and human rights. Currently it seems if humans don’t intervene and stop overfishing and over pollution of the waterways nobody will be able to enjoy the bounty of the wild however it seems hard to decide who should be able to make such decisions.