Factory Farming
Joey Ortega
Factory Farming: Americas Greatest Mistake Factory farming by definition is the practice of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density. Animals are born within the farm which is typically a warehouse, and they may never see the light of day. They are simply another animal growing in a factory farm and making their way to your dinner table. By definition factory farming does not sound that bad, and makes sense seeing as the demand for low cost meat is at an all time high, but in reality it is a cruel act that shoes that compassion for animals is no longer a priority. Despite the fact that it may be a necessity it is not without its obvious downsides.
The process of producing animals at such high density poses many threats that may not be obvious at first. One may never think to discover where there meat comes from, but had they known they may have chosen to not eat factory farmed meats. When we take an up close look at factory farms the first thing that we notice is the crammed spaces that the animals are forced to live in. When taking an even closer look we see that not only are the animals confined to small spaces, but they are treated inhumanely by the so called “farmers” that are raising them. This lifestyle that the animals live is more of a process where they are born then forced to grow rapidly and slaughtered the moment they hit optimal weight. It is a viscous cycle.
In addition to the horrendous life that these animals are living the animals are given antibiotics that can potentially form resistance in humans and steroids that force the animals to grow faster than they naturally would. These issues are kept behind closed doors and not exposed to the community. If people want to get such information then they will have to do their own research rather than the companies labeling the food as they are. Factory farming poses the threat of pathogens entering the human body, but a truly scare thought is having viruses and
Factory Farming: Americas Greatest Mistake Factory farming by definition is the practice of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density. Animals are born within the farm which is typically a warehouse, and they may never see the light of day. They are simply another animal growing in a factory farm and making their way to your dinner table. By definition factory farming does not sound that bad, and makes sense seeing as the demand for low cost meat is at an all time high, but in reality it is a cruel act that shoes that compassion for animals is no longer a priority. Despite the fact that it may be a necessity it is not without its obvious downsides.
The process of producing animals at such high density poses many threats that may not be obvious at first. One may never think to discover where there meat comes from, but had they known they may have chosen to not eat factory farmed meats. When we take an up close look at factory farms the first thing that we notice is the crammed spaces that the animals are forced to live in. When taking an even closer look we see that not only are the animals confined to small spaces, but they are treated inhumanely by the so called “farmers” that are raising them. This lifestyle that the animals live is more of a process where they are born then forced to grow rapidly and slaughtered the moment they hit optimal weight. It is a viscous cycle.
In addition to the horrendous life that these animals are living the animals are given antibiotics that can potentially form resistance in humans and steroids that force the animals to grow faster than they naturally would. These issues are kept behind closed doors and not exposed to the community. If people want to get such information then they will have to do their own research rather than the companies labeling the food as they are. Factory farming poses the threat of pathogens entering the human body, but a truly scare thought is having viruses and