Our livestock has changed tremendously over the course of the years, according to many, it has been as cruelly confined or slaughtered in such massive quantities as it is today. Large amounts of animals such as cows, pigs, chicken, ducks are being raised under cruel and unsanitary conditions in factories, where they are crammed together, fed antibiotics to promote faster and unnatural growth without the exposure of fresh air and natural light.
Animal cruelty and factory farms have been a hot topic discussed throughout history as it is being a rapidly growing nationwide problem.CAFO stands for concentrated animal feeding operations,it is an animal feeding operation (AFO) that (a) confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season, (b) in an area that does not produce vegetation, and (c) meets certain size as it is defined on Wikipedia.The CAFOs and the factory farms are causing many issues in both the …show more content…
This type of farming understands the use of natural resources/ chain where all the species benefits from each other. In the example of Joel Salatin’s Polyface farm. The Polyface farm was built to feed and produce goods naturally where their use natural resources to raise their animals ”....chicken crap feeds the grass that feeds the cows…… the birds dine on the insects,picking their larvae and parasites out of the animal’s droppings, breaking the cycle of infestations and diseases”(Pollan 210-211).In this instance,animals are raised without any antibiotics and other hazardous inputs.The animals play a huge role in these farms,they are left in the open areas where they walk around , be free and feed at the same time harvesting and maneuvering the land, “...the animals do the real work around here,I'm just the orchestra conductor , making sure everybody's in the right place at the right time” Salatin added
Animal cruelty and factory farms have been a hot topic discussed throughout history as it is being a rapidly growing nationwide problem.CAFO stands for concentrated animal feeding operations,it is an animal feeding operation (AFO) that (a) confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season, (b) in an area that does not produce vegetation, and (c) meets certain size as it is defined on Wikipedia.The CAFOs and the factory farms are causing many issues in both the …show more content…
This type of farming understands the use of natural resources/ chain where all the species benefits from each other. In the example of Joel Salatin’s Polyface farm. The Polyface farm was built to feed and produce goods naturally where their use natural resources to raise their animals ”....chicken crap feeds the grass that feeds the cows…… the birds dine on the insects,picking their larvae and parasites out of the animal’s droppings, breaking the cycle of infestations and diseases”(Pollan 210-211).In this instance,animals are raised without any antibiotics and other hazardous inputs.The animals play a huge role in these farms,they are left in the open areas where they walk around , be free and feed at the same time harvesting and maneuvering the land, “...the animals do the real work around here,I'm just the orchestra conductor , making sure everybody's in the right place at the right time” Salatin added