We’ve grow up with the image of animals living on beautiful pastured green farms, in our minds we see red farm houses and cows roaming around grazing. Sadly that it simply an image that only a small percentage of farms actually have. The farms most of our meat is derived from is quite the opposite. Industrial farms is what we call these. They were created to keep up with the increasing meat demand and unfortunately it has brought out more consequences than one could have imagined when it was first created. These consequence range from human health and environmental hazards to horrible animal treatment.
Industrial Farming contributes to our climate change in many ways. First of all it produces large amounts of manure. Manure release gases such …show more content…
In the film Food Inc., director Robert Kenner, introduces the story of Kevin Kowalcyk, a 2 ½ year old who passed away from Escherichia Coli (E-Coli), which is a bacteria that can cause harmful health concerns. The E.Coli had been found in the meat of a hamburger he had eaten that was recalled. See most of us would buy a burger without thinking twice about it because we don’t think any harm can come to us other than the 600 plus calories we’re consuming. Sadly though, most places we buy our burgers from are places such as Mcdonalds that get their meat from industrial farms. We shouldn’t have to constantly worry about whether or not our meats contain such harmful bacterias. Kevins might have been one of the extreme cases of E.Coli, but it goes to show the real dangers of meat …show more content…
During the short video, Undercover at Smithfield Foods which happens to be a large pork provider, pigs are shown to be in gestation crates, where they are unable to move around at all. The confinement of gestation crates can lead to health risk to the pigs. and pigs are put into small cages together where they are barely allowed to move. States are banning the practice because it was so inhumane. Chickens just like pigs are also confined where they are unable to see the sun. They are put into small cages, crammed in with other chickens where they can’t even spread their wings. This in return causes them to become aggressive not only towards each other but workers as well. The aggression many times has lead to cannibalization. Such confinement allows for diseases to be spread out quicker within their living
Industrial Farming contributes to our climate change in many ways. First of all it produces large amounts of manure. Manure release gases such …show more content…
In the film Food Inc., director Robert Kenner, introduces the story of Kevin Kowalcyk, a 2 ½ year old who passed away from Escherichia Coli (E-Coli), which is a bacteria that can cause harmful health concerns. The E.Coli had been found in the meat of a hamburger he had eaten that was recalled. See most of us would buy a burger without thinking twice about it because we don’t think any harm can come to us other than the 600 plus calories we’re consuming. Sadly though, most places we buy our burgers from are places such as Mcdonalds that get their meat from industrial farms. We shouldn’t have to constantly worry about whether or not our meats contain such harmful bacterias. Kevins might have been one of the extreme cases of E.Coli, but it goes to show the real dangers of meat …show more content…
During the short video, Undercover at Smithfield Foods which happens to be a large pork provider, pigs are shown to be in gestation crates, where they are unable to move around at all. The confinement of gestation crates can lead to health risk to the pigs. and pigs are put into small cages together where they are barely allowed to move. States are banning the practice because it was so inhumane. Chickens just like pigs are also confined where they are unable to see the sun. They are put into small cages, crammed in with other chickens where they can’t even spread their wings. This in return causes them to become aggressive not only towards each other but workers as well. The aggression many times has lead to cannibalization. Such confinement allows for diseases to be spread out quicker within their living