Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

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…

The Centers for Disease Control defines a concentrated animal feeding operation, also abbreviated CAFO, as an industrial-scale agricultural facility that raises animals, usually at high-density, for food production. Concentrated animal feeding operations are growing which has caused a rise in concern for health risks. While CAFOs provide some benefits when properly managed, the release of pollution is inevitable and has the ability to threaten human health. The amount of manure and associated…

What is a CAFO? Well that’s a simple question really; it’s short for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. It is the act of keeping animals in a confined area so that there is no risk of escaping and how “farmers” can maximize their land without having to pay more money. With the treatment of these animals so poorly, farmers are able to saved money and sell big with the small amounts of care given to the livestock . The animals are only able to get food from the handlers and can’t go out of…

decades animal farming has developed into an industrial operation of raising animals for human consumption (Food & Water Watch, 2015). Industrialized farming methods are used to produce large quantities of meat for society, at a faster rate to market than traditional farming methods. Additionally, economies of scale, along with efficient meat production methods, make this type of farming a profitable business. However, consumers do not always know where their meat comes from or how their food is…

As Peter Singer argues in his article titled "Animal Liberation," ‘speciesism' is an attitude or a belief that humans have the right to discriminate and mistreat other species in ways that would be unacceptable to treat other members of their own species. Specifically, Singer refers to the mistreatment and exploitation of animals by humans. The livestock industry is vital to the American economy as it supplies meat, eggs, milk, and other animal products while providing employment for many…

Concentrated animal feeding operations are a growing concern in Wisconsin. CAFOs are animal facilities where creatures that produce eggs, beef, pork or milk are housed in limited space buildings. These animals have restricted or almost no access to the outside world. As well as a cramped indoor living area, they are kept on a relatively small plot of land causing a concentration of waste from the animals. CAFOs have been the subject for debate in my area because most homeowners do not want them…

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am honored with the presence of you all, and thank you everyone for joining us. I am Jacqueline Sienna, a temporary researcher at Cornell University. My focus is on how drug use in animal growth increases the industrialization of meat, and how the industrialization of meat, by causing more diseases among animals, increases the use of antibiotics to treat those sick animals. These two, subsequently, promotes the growth of bacteria that is able to resist the…

There are some people who argued that CAFO facility would bring more jobs to the community they choose as their location. However, CAFO facility can also bring a huge impact to the local residents such as economically and environmentally. CAFO normally dispose huge quantities of animals waste on limited amounts of farmland. One environmental impact that CAFO can create is that this over-application of animal waste can pollute our water, soil, and air. According to the U.S. Department of…

Most people think of cows as creatures that provide us the most delicious and healthy foods; milk, cheese, and meat. Cows are the most harmless, and mundane animals there are, but are they really that harmless? The hard truth is that cow agriculture is ruining our lives and the planet. Agriculture is one of the leading causes for issues such as; environmental degradation, and nutrient pollution. Even with these issues, the calcium and protein that are provided by these cows are essential for…

Some grocery stores have pictures of happy animals and beautiful farms adorning the walls of their stores. There are commercials depicting the same idyllic images, but what if the real picture was not as serene as it seemed? Milk, eggs, butter, meat, yogurt, and many other products sold in grocery stores come from industrialized farming operations. These operations are also called factory farms or confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The need and the desire for something like these CAFOs…