The Savagery Of Factory Farming Factory Farming is not only feeding us‚ but destroying us and our only world! Worldwide‚ about 70 billion farm animals are now reared for food each year. This mass production of food uses many antibiotics to speed up the birth process‚ but those antibiotics are still in the meat we eat. The waste and space from the factory farms destroys the environment and is also a danger to human health. The factory farming of animals has a negative impact on human health
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Factory Farming Do you ever wonder how the grocery markets and major food stores like Wal-Mart keep a huge inventory of meat on hand at all times? More importantly‚ where is this food coming from? Many people do not put much thought into where food comes from or how it is treated before it arrives in a grocery store. Today’s mass consumption of meat directly correlates with the cycle of how livestock is raised‚ slaughtered‚ and served to consumers. The process may be surprising to the average
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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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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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Factory Farms A Good Thing or Harmful Too much of a good thing can be bad for us as human beings and the environment. We like to buy the biggest and best of everything. This has turned from buying big cars and big stereos to buying larger hamburgers and steaks. We as a nation have gone from having meat as a delicacy and eating it on occasion to most people eating only meat during every meal. We need to go back to eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat. We also need to find different
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For more than 3 decades factory farming has been a norm to America. We find it normal to kill an animal for our own needs. We find it normal about what happens on factory farms. The reality is not those farm animals being happy and healthy‚ but being abused and slaughtered.That is the reality‚ and it all plays big roles in our health sand enviornment. Some critical dangers of factory farming for the enviornment and people’s health include‚ rise in obesity‚ drug-resistant bacteria that can lead to
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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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Factory Farming is cruel to animals Student 1 PHI 103 Instructor KB 09 July‚ 2013 Factory Farming is Cruel to Animals It is so amazing that most Americans are so caring of the animals they keep as pets‚ and yet are so unconcerned about the upbringing or disposition of the ones they cook for dinner. It is amazing how some Americans see themselves as sympathizing folks and animal lovers until they reflect on what they just ate. Society loves animals as pets‚ adopts
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issue has sparked much debate over the years‚ correlating with the rise of the animal rights movement and intensive farming. Cambridge Dictionaries defines this intensive‚ or factory‚ farming as “a system of farming in which many animals are kept in an enclosed area in order to produce a large amount of meat‚ eggs‚ or milk as cheaply as possible.” Views differ about this type of farming‚ some for it and some against it. The large scale production of livestock for food and other products is what is best
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People often contribute to the practices of factory farming and ignore the negative effects it produces. Factory farming does not just harm animals‚ but also the environment and humans. Society tends to avoid the dangerous impacts of the companies. Animals used in factory farms‚ suffer because the company neglects the welfare of the animals in order to maximize their profit (PETA). They cram as many factory animals as they can into small spaces get more money. Chickens‚ pigs‚ cows‚ and turkeys stay
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