Informative Essay On Factory Farms
When you sit down for a nice dinner with your family, do you consider where your food is from? Do you imagine a sprawling farm with lush green grass and animals frolicking in the sunshine?
Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Instead of sunny spaces with rolling hills, our modern farms are dirty, confined areas, rife with suffering and pain. "Today, most Americans get their meat, milk, and eggs from highly productive, anonymous animal factories located hundreds or thousands of miles away from their home ... The disconnect between people and their food has never been greater" (Kirby 439). What are these places called? Factory farms.
According to the ASPCA, "a factory farm is a large, industrial operation that raises large numbers of animals for …show more content…
Demonstrated in his documentary, Ben Goldsmith shows the suffering of animals. " 'Because of this industry, turkeys are no longer capable of reproducing without human interference,' Goldsmith explained. 'Chickens are bred to grow so quickly they are not able to stand or stand freely after just several months of their lives, and they certainly can't live out the normal life span that they once could. Cows and cattle are confined to feedlots by the thousands and cramped in filthy conditions. Hogs in most states are routinely confined to crates so small that they can't turn around' " (Gross …show more content…
We can start in our grocery stores by not caving into buying their products. "If you refuse to buy factory farmed products, the businesses which provide them will quickly get the message that there is no future in cruelty" (Make it Possible). With less demand for meat and related products, the less they will produce. Another path to reducing is to participate in programs such as the farm-to-table movement. It supports local and family farms, and the community. But beyond local efforts, joining groups that lobby for animal rights forces politicians to take a closer look at what is going on underneath their
Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Instead of sunny spaces with rolling hills, our modern farms are dirty, confined areas, rife with suffering and pain. "Today, most Americans get their meat, milk, and eggs from highly productive, anonymous animal factories located hundreds or thousands of miles away from their home ... The disconnect between people and their food has never been greater" (Kirby 439). What are these places called? Factory farms.
According to the ASPCA, "a factory farm is a large, industrial operation that raises large numbers of animals for …show more content…
Demonstrated in his documentary, Ben Goldsmith shows the suffering of animals. " 'Because of this industry, turkeys are no longer capable of reproducing without human interference,' Goldsmith explained. 'Chickens are bred to grow so quickly they are not able to stand or stand freely after just several months of their lives, and they certainly can't live out the normal life span that they once could. Cows and cattle are confined to feedlots by the thousands and cramped in filthy conditions. Hogs in most states are routinely confined to crates so small that they can't turn around' " (Gross …show more content…
We can start in our grocery stores by not caving into buying their products. "If you refuse to buy factory farmed products, the businesses which provide them will quickly get the message that there is no future in cruelty" (Make it Possible). With less demand for meat and related products, the less they will produce. Another path to reducing is to participate in programs such as the farm-to-table movement. It supports local and family farms, and the community. But beyond local efforts, joining groups that lobby for animal rights forces politicians to take a closer look at what is going on underneath their