Factory Farm Persuasive Speech

Imagine that you live in a world where the days and nights aren’t constant, you are fed a couple of times a day but you have never had anyone there to nurture you. You have never felt the warmth of the sun on your back nor a breath of fresh air. You have lived your whole life frenzied, frightened and suffocated. What I have just portrayed is one of the worlds worst ghettos. You are familiar with the beings which grow in these conditions. It is the meat you eat. Modern day factory farms not only mistreat these animals but they also produce environmental dangers and detrimental diseases which can affect everyone regardless of whether or not you are consuming these products.
My name is Darcie Hucks and I am here to speak on behalf of the billions of animals, who are tortured and killed each year due to factory farming.
According to the United Nations, producing animals for food, is one of the worlds greatest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. And with the worlds demand for animal produce increasing, animal agriculture consequently consumes in increased amount of water, crops, land and energy. Immense expanses of native habitat around the world have been cleared to grow crops to feed animals, majority of them for factory farms. Factory farms are creating an imbalance, consuming more plant protein in order to produce less animal protein. And with approximately 1 billion people globally suffering from famine, one third of that harvest is going towards factory farm animals, harvest which could provide for approximately 3 billion people. By reducing the consumption of factory farmed animals, resources would be saved, pollution would be reduced and world hunger would be combatted. Ultimately the choices we make in terms of our consumption have a global effect on animals, people and the