The Pros And Cons Of Animal Farming

Current farming practices are unsustainable, unethical and inefficient and limitations ought to be put in place. The methods used to obtain a large percentage of the food being consumed are environmentally detrimental and will result in long term, high costs such as irreversible damage to ecosystems, overdrawing natural resources, and harms to human health. Alternative methods exist but aren’t chosen because they’re not as cheap. Cheap food doesn’t account for true costs and as long as cheap food is being consumed, debt grows. The animal farming system is flawed and must be reworked to prevent further long term damage.
Laws
As is currently stands, there are absolutely no laws governing the conditions in which animals are farmed. Laws exist to protect domestic animals such as anti-cruelty laws. The vast majority of animal farming practices are seemingly exempt from these state anti-animal cruelty laws. Anti-cruelty laws were put in place for a reason and if they apply to people and animals living in the city in a certain state, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t …show more content…
Climate scientists reporting missing figures from the FAO place their number at fifty one percent. The EPA listed agriculture as the source of pollution for forty eight percent of stream/river water as well as forty one percent of lake water. Pollutants include nitrogen and phosphorus, resulting from runoff fertilizer. Limitations should be set to prevent excessive runoff and reduce air/water pollution. Chemical fertilizers should be banned considering natural, decomposable fertilizers exist and work and though they may not be as “cheap”, the costs won’t come later. A system shouldn’t allow high costs to hit later, if the entire market is based on keeping things cheap and saving money, why would we allow debt to build and grow until it can’t be paid