Industrial agriculture

The transition from traditional farms to large-scale industrial factory farms in the United States began in the early 1930s due to increased demand for meat products. Factory farming is often viewed as an efficient alternative to increase production for a higher profit. The highly industrial operation is referred as either AFO (animal feeding operation) or CAFO (confined animal feeding operation) in the United States. As factory farming became more popular, other countries, such as China and…

A man has blood splattered on his apron, a butcher knife in his left hand, petting a cat with his right. The cat has a bib and is waiting by a food bowl. Next to them is a barn full of various animals that are often butchered for meat. This is the scene depicted in an untitled illustration by Polish illustrator Pawel Kuczynski. The artwork raises the question: Are there regulations regarding how animals to be slaughtered are treated like there are regulations protecting household animals?…

Introduction Green revolution is the dispersal of modern agricultural technologies which contributed significantly to the increase of crops production in developing countries in the mid of the 20th century from the 1960s to 1980s, to meet the challenge of the possibilities of starvation due to the increase in the human population and the and the unavailability of food (Wu & Butz, 2004). From then to now cereal production has increased by 200% with a mere 30% increase in land under cultivation…

the crop fields used to feed animals. Factory farms are eliminating our source of oxygen, and in turn creating more and more fuels that will contaminate our world. Additionally, the use of factory farms have had hazardous effects on our water, as industrial farming uses 70% of our fresh water. The EPA, the United States Environmental Agency, estimates that 75% of our water pollution issues have been caused by these farms. Furthermore, in the United States, the animals in these farms generate…

“Unseen they suffer, unheard they cry, in agony they linger, in loneliness they die” Jo-Anne McArthur. Animals in factory farm endure immense suffering caused by their living conditions, which consequently affect human health, there are different ways to solve this problem. There are many ways animals are mistreated in factory farms. For instance, some workers do not successfully sedate cows and pigs so the animal struggles as they are hung upside down and have their throats sliced. Last Chance…

factory farming as well as organic farming and takes a stand for the humane treatment of animals, as well as appreciating the meat one eats. In Blake Hurst’s article titled “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri–intellectuals” Hurst believes that industrial farming is the only way to feed the world in an abundant and cost efficient way. By reading both articles, the reader can see that no matter which side of the fence you choose to stand on there are faults in both types of…

Michael Pollan article refers to his experience on the Polyfarm and its complex way of operating. Pollan never really stats that factory farms should be abolished but he does make an argument for why Polyface farm is more logically and sustainable. Pollon discuses the differences between factory farming and Polyface farming in logic. Factory farming is production of a single animal or crop better know as monoculture (Pollon, 377). When there is a chicken factory farm it can only produce…

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 food. For years, farms were thought of as the farmer that woke before the sun to tend to the livestock and the children would work the farm after school. This is no longer the case, these small-scale farms fight to compete with the larger industrial factory farms that have…

The article “In the belly of the beast” by Paul Solotaroff addresses the issue of factory farming. Factory farming had to start somewhere, but how and why is the question? Factory farming is an industrial process in which animals are tortured and killed to produce products. The animals are not looked at as human; they are looked as eggs, milk, and meat. However, factory farming is a business, with a goal to maximize production and consequently profit. The text states in big white letters with a…