Sheri Lupo English 112 Factory Farming and its Effects on our Health‚ the Environment‚ and the Welfare of Animals The term “factory farming” has more to it than it sounds. Factory farming is a term that makes up a multitude of disturbing images‚ from rows of animals packed tightly into gigantic warehouses and misused workers striving for substandard wages‚ to massive amounts of pollutants spilling into the environment. It is a big business
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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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commonly talked about and referred to. There is another form of abuse which many people have recently been raising awareness of‚ it is called factory farming. Many of us are not aware that the meat that we eat is produced in an abusive way. In effort to grow food animals as cheaply and quickly as possible‚ farmers cram as many animals as possible into factory-like warehouses. Many animals spend their whole lives in cages‚ crates or pens and no consideration is given to their comfort or needs.
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Where does your produce come from? People everywhere should know the down falls and what actually happens in factory farming. Today I’m going to persuade you why factory farms are bad. Factory farming is a system in which livestock and poultry are confined in doors under strictly controlled conditions‚ where more often than not the animals are abused. On average in each type of confinement there at about 30‚000 chickens‚ 3‚000 cows and 4‚000 pigs. (Peter singer and Jim Mason) Being in such small
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for us to buy in grocery stores haven’t been raised on farms; they have been produced by factories. Many of these factories are not unlike the Smithfield Hog Processing Plant‚ where 32‚000 hogs are killed every single day (Kenner). Over the course of the last thirty to forty years‚ we have seen countless companies be bought
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Factory Farming: Feast or Famine J.R. Phillips DeVry University Throughout history‚ human beings have grouped themselves together in communities. The concept of communities offered two major benefits; first‚ defense against enemies that might threaten the community. And second‚ the ability to sustain a constant food source to subsist on year-round. The need for a constant food supply became a major factor in early farming practices (Pollan‚ 2006) through animal husbandry
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Research Paper Organic Farming Introduction: Every Sunday is Simon’s grocery-shopping day. Unfortunately‚ he is in a bit of a dilemma while standing in the produce section of his local supermarket. In one hand‚ Simon is holding a conventionally grown Granny Smith apple. In his other hand‚ he has one that has been organically grown. Both apples look firm‚ shiny and green. Both provide vitamins and fiber‚ and both are free of fat‚ sodium and cholesterol. The conventionally grown apple cost less
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Factory Farming Factory farming involves raising livestock in a small‚ confined area on a large scale for the purpose of supplying food for human consumption. Hens‚ for example‚ are crammed into cages that are housed in large sheds where there is very little light‚ so that they can keep laying eggs. This makes it cheaper for farmers‚ since they don’t have to spend as much time looking after the welfare of their livestock. There are certainly ethical questions. It could be argued that factory farming
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Factory farming is becoming a huge part of today’s world. In total out of both family owned and operated farms and factory farms‚ 99.9% of meat chickens‚ 97% of laying chickens‚ 99% of turkeys‚ 95% of pigs‚ and 78% of cattle are born and raised in factory farms. A common definition of factory farming is‚ “A farm on which large numbers of livestock are raised indoors in conditions intended to maximise production at minimal cost.” Most food is produced in large factories called factory farms. Not
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Since factory farming helps with the mass production of meat‚ is it still a good idea? I believe that factory should be banned. Factory farming is cruel‚ makes the meat low quality‚ the animals are seen as products‚ and factory farming contributes to making pollution. Factory farms treat the animals in a cruel manner. The farms help contribute to make pollution into our environment. The farms make the meat at a low cost‚ because the quality of the meat is not very good. Factory farms treat the
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