Factory Farming

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This paper explains that "factory farming" is a commonly used term in the agricultural business, which is associated with the mass production of goods such as meat, eggs, milk and other related products. The author points out that this new assembly line style of farming may produce exceptional revenue and profit for farmers but it comes at a great cost to the animals, the environment and most of all to the consumers. The paper relates that factory farming creates conditions that spread diseases, which can transfer to humans such as pfiesteria from fish. The paper includes several quotations.

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"Secondly, factory farms are producing meat so that we won't grow hungry, although the quality of the meat and the production process is slowly killing us and the environment. Producing and cramming massive numbers of animals into these small factory farm warehouses causes' disease and pollution. "Alberta's Feedlot Alley, which produces untreated waste from 1.3 million animals that is the sewage equivalent for a population of eight million people [...]" This sewage is damaging fertile soil used for planting and the condition of water that sustains life."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Factory Farming Encourages Disease." Europe Intelligence Wire January 2004.
• "Food for Thought." Animals May/Jun 1998 Vol. 131 Issue 3: 29.
• Eyck, Laura Ten. "Thought for Food." Animals Mar/Apr 1995. Vol. 128 Issue 2: 18.
• Gottlieb, Michael. "Terrible Toll of Factory Farming." Caterer & Hotelkeeper Jan 2003: 19.
• Johnson, Dan. "Defending the Rights of Chickens." Futurist May 1998. Vol. 32 Issue 4: 11.

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