Animal Farm Environmental Effects

Another downside of the Industrialized Farming Animal Production is that they have created an escalating range of detrimental environmental effects on local and regional water, air and soil resources (Carlin). “More than half, 54%, of all confined farm animals by weight are concentrated in just 5% of the country’s industrial animal production facilities” (HSUS 2008).
The majority of the environmental harm caused by these factory farms results from the high volume of waste that must be stored and disposed of while incessantly confining a large number of animals mostly indoors, “with some operations producing as much [waste] as an entire city” (HSUS 2008). The USDA Agricultural Research Services (ARS) estimated the manure output from farm animals …show more content…
The focus should be on policy, on correcting policy failures that reassure environmental dilapidation, on policies that give tax cuts for natural resource use, and incentives based on other public policies pertaining the lessening the effects of IFAP on all levels; also the creation of new policies that guarantee the sustainability of agriculture and the ecosystem will be essential in improving harvests without negotiating environmental integrity or public health (Tillman …show more content…
Severe captivity increases stress levels in animals, setting up an ethical dilemma for producers and consumers. Concentrated animal waste correlated with contamination from IFAP systems add an extensive environmental problem for the air quality, surface and ground water quality, and the health of public workers, neighboring residence, and the general public