Joey Ortega Factory Farming: Americas Greatest Mistake Factory farming by definition is the practice of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density. Animals are born within the farm which is typically a warehouse‚ and they may never see the light of day. They are simply another animal growing in a factory farm and making their way to your dinner table. By definition factory farming does not sound that bad‚ and makes sense seeing as the demand for low cost meat is at an all time
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Leah Mattingly November 19‚ 2013 Factory Farming: The Truth Revealed Many people might not be aware of what really happens in factory farms‚ or if they do‚ they tend to turn a blind eye towards it. Our society has a fairytale image of how factory farm animals live: Cows grazing the luscious green fields‚ hens nesting in a warm‚ spacious barn‚ and pigs rolling around in mud enjoying the sunny day. This vision of farm life is far from reality‚ especially today with demand for cheap‚ delicious
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Analysis of Debra Probert’s “Down on the Factory Farm: It’s a Life Sentence for Animals” In her article “Down on the Factory Farm: It’s a Life Sentence for Animals‚” Debra Probert argues that readers should consider becoming vegetarians in response to the abuse of animals on factory farms. In her article‚ published in Alive: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition‚ Probert describes conditions that a variety of animals endure on factory farms. Her goal is to convince readers
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The industrial agriculture is ruining human health. Factory farms produce unhealthy food. Antibiotics in animals produce unhealthy food. In the article “Understanding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Their Impact on Communities” (Carrie Hribar) it states “This is a serious threat to human health because fewer options exist to help people overcome disease when infected with antibiotic-resistant pathogens”. This shows that when the farmers are feeding and injecting antibiotics into the
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Factory farming is a form of farming for livestock in a controlled environment using extreme methods. Factory farming has become awfully popular in today’s world‚ taking over the traditional farming businesses. This method of farming is a very unhealthy and inhumane way to farm livestock. It is not only harmful to the animals‚ but to humans as well. To maintain the export of food needed to keep up with demand‚ these factory farms need to have large amounts of animals to produce such a high quantity
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I am exploring the topic of factory farming. A factory farm raises large quantities of livestock in confined spaces for maximum profit. The livestock are treated with hormones and antibiotics to prevent disease and maximize their growth. Farm factories use feedlots to feed livestock grain to cause quicker weight gain prior to slaughter. The antibiotics are causing antibiotic resistant bacteria that is finding its way into meat causing health issues that will be untreatable. Farm sanctuary’s’ website
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Factory farming is a topic that has been debated for a while. Factory Farming is a serious matter‚ it should be stopped. Factory farming is basically animals being put in small cells. They are only alive to be used for food. The welfare of these animals is poor; they are abused and fed drugs. They have a very unnatural life. The animals do not get the experience of a normal farm animal. What I mean is that the animals barely get to go outside and do regular things. The animals are treated cruelly
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RP1FAL Factory farming is one of the most controversial topics talked about around the world. Most people just believe their perfectly packaged meat from the supermarket comes from a normal farm. Little do they know‚ it’s much more than that. Consumers have no idea what animals go through just for them to have a great chicken or steak dinner. Jessica Leader of the Huffington Post states‚ 99% of the meat in the United States comes from factory farms. (Leader‚ paragraph1). Factory farming according
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Since factory farms were invented in 1926‚ the workers have been feeding their animals large amounts of food so when they slaughter them‚ they have a lot of meat or fatness to put to the public. The amount of food they feed their animals is tremendous. When a pig is born‚ it weighs about two pounds‚ but within a year‚ they weigh about two-hundred sixty pounds. In 1966 is where the pigs would weigh much less than today("Factory Farming"). Many of the animals who are inhabited in factory farms are
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dairy. But do you really know where that meat and dairy you consume comes from? Most of America’s farms have converted to factory farming. A factory farm is a facility housing thousands of animals (such as cows‚ chickens‚ and pigs) in confined spaces. “If a factory means efficient‚ large scale production‚ then that is what it is” states David Leyonhjelm. As a result of factory farming‚ there is a large supply of meat and dairy for a cheap price. According to Leyonhjelm‚ “the world will be consuming two-thirds
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