Foundations
of Sand: Considering the Rationale for Factory Farming Factory
Farms have spread across the landscape of the US on a string of claims
that have mislead many communities.(Dr.
Bill Weida, March 5, 2004) Download
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Factory
Farms / Animal Factory
When we think about where the meat we eat comes
from, most of us picture pastures and barnyards. But a large percentage
of the meat produced in the U.S. is not raised in this family farm
setting.
Picture instead rows of enormous enclosed metal
buildings, with no farmhouses, barns, farm equipment or animals
in sight. The livestock are raised inside and do not see the open
sky until they are herded onto a truck to be sent to slaughter,
so it's hard to tell what is being produced from the outside.
The owner is not a farmer whose family has worked
the land for generations, but a large corporation which likely has
biotechnology, grain, slaughtering and/or meat processing divisions
and controls production from animal genetics to the market shelf.
WORC and Dakota Rural Action testimony tells
Senate Committee to keep protecting clean air and water from factory farms. Nick Nemec Read testimony Read DRA news release
CAFOs Uncovered – The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations, a new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Putting Meat on The Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America, a recently released report by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production.
