Pros Of Factory Farming

Our nation’s industrial farming has become more than just feeding people; it has become a way for the food industry to make more money as human population continues to grow. Jonathan Safran Foer in his book Eating Animals, illustrates the effects factory farming has had on animals meant for human consumption. Furthermore, Foer asks many questions to the reader on what will it take for us to change our ways before we say enough is enough. The questions individuals need to be asking themselves are: how do we deal with the problem of factory farming, and what can people do to help solve these issues? Eric Schlosser in Fast Food Nation, also illustrates the animal abuse that goes unseen within the food industry as well as Bernard Rollin and Robert Desch in their article “Farm Factories”, both demonstrate what is wrong today with factory farming. Foer gives such examples of employees who work in slaughterhouses giving accounts of what goes on in the kill floors, and stories of employees who have witnessed thousands and thousands of cows going through the slaughter process alive (Animals 231). Namit Arora in the article “On Eating Animals”, as well as Michael Pollan in his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, both address some of the issues that animals face once they hit the kill floor. The food industry has transformed not only how people eat, but also the negative effects our climate endures as a result of factory farming as illustrated by Anna Lappe in “The Climate Crisis at the End

Factory farms increase production and help feed the world. Due to an increase in population factory farms holds the world’s food supply in check. Factory farms produce more animals in a quicker matter than any other place. Factory farms help contain waste and help stop some

Even though higher yields are met for demand and human consumption, factory farming is cruel to animals due to the fact animals are often subject to harsh living conditions, more susceptible to diseases and injuries and are treated inhumanely during the slaughtering process. Unfortunately, with an increase in human population worldwide, the strain on farmers to meet the demand increases as well. This in turn causes more animals to be subject to this cruelty.

Twenty decades ago, livestock farmers used to breed their animals in the traditional way where their farm animals were let loose over a large area of farm and allowed to reproduce naturally. Over recent years, a new system of rearing livestock has come into existence which is more popularly known as Factory Farming. Factory Farming makes use of extremely intensive procedures through the use of which poultry, cattle and other livestock are kept indoors under rigid controlled settings. Since this technique has gained much popularity into how food is being produced in America, it is also one of the most debated and controversial concepts. While it is true that using this modern method to produce meat and dairy one can expect greater productivity at a swifter rate, the question still remains- at what cost?


   The factory farming industry strives to maximize output while minimizing cost, always at the animals’ expense. The big corporations that run most factory farms have found that they can

No industry has seen the level of dramatic, exponential growth and change over the past three decades as animal agriculture. The present day global society and its accompanying hunger for flesh and other animal derived products has forced the production and husbandry of animals to adapt in order to satisfy this high demand. Modern farming practices are far from the idealized, picturesque image that is frequently portrayed in American media and advertising. Animal production in the United States has been industrialized, and consequently the adverse effects of large scale production and industry are taking their toll in new and devastating ways. A nation which was once saturated with small farms and farmers who supplied to the local

Factory farms are nothing close to pretty like traditional farms. Farm animals barely have access to the outdoors on these farms. They are tightly packed together with no room to move around, and they spend their lives either in cages or on a warehouse floor until they are slaughtered for their meat. Factory farms are extremely unethical and the animals are the ones that have to pay the price for our greed. God explained to us in Genesis that our job were to look after these innocent creatures and not to harm the thing that he

When I was a kid, I have always seen cows roaming in grasslands, chickens squawking near the coops and pigs rolling in the mud. For my last speech I will talk about factory farming and how it has become such an inhumane and untenable concern. The three points I will talk about today are (1) why factory farming has become such a concern (2) the damages it causes to the environment and our human health (3) and a plan of steps that needs to take place

Throughout history, new farming methods have popped up to keep up with the food demands of the growing United States population. Such farming methods strived to make food production cheaper and more efficient. Hence, the birth of the modern factory farm. Now, nearly two thirds of U.S. agricultural output is from three percent of its farms (“Factory”). Though factory farms have been very good for the efficiency of food-production, animals in the farms are often victims of mistreatment. By examining these different theories, one can form an educated stance on the economic side of factory farms.

Many people for factory farms view this as one of their many benefits. These types of business do not pay much, nor do they take much capital to stay open; therefore, their profit margin is very large. The main reason these business are so cheaply run, and produce cheap food, is because of the cruelty the animals are put through. Organic farms invest much more time into their animals and organisms, while factory farms do not. The animals in a factory farm are very limited in space and feed. Animals are not fed with expensive feed, or given space to roam around and be themselves. In fact, each animal is confined to about 2.5 to 4 feet of space (Park 34). Pigs have in North Carolina have also tested positive for being fed dog food (Kirby 356). When the baby pigs are born, they have their tails removed and are immediately castrated without any pain medication (“Farm Sanctuary”). Once the piglets do not need their mother's milk anymore (weaned) their mother’s are placed back into gestation crates and immediately impregnated again (“Farm Sanctuary”). Pregnant mothers spend their entire pregnancy in gestation crates (“Farm Sanctuary”). The turnover rate is extremely high. Mothers do not have long to heal after birth. Chickens are also mistreated. They are each placed in very small battery cages. Inside the battery cages, the hens can't even flap their wings (Park 41). Chickens no longer see the life

More than 99% of farm animals nationwide are raised in factory farms. Factory farms are large, industrial operations that raise large numbers of animals for food. These farms focus on profit and efficiency, rather than animal welfare (ASPCA). Factory farming has led to a complete disregard for animal health and rights and it needs to be controlled and better monitored.

Society is filled with images of happy animals living on farms where the cows graze in lush green fields and the chickens have spacious coops. The picture of free-roaming animals living in spacious fields is miles away from reality. A majority of animals are being raised for food, live terrible lives in dark, confined, and overcrowded facilities, called factory farms. Factory farming have led to institutionalized animal cruelty, massive environmental destruction, as well as animal and human health risks which can be reduced by natural, free-range farming.

Poultry is by far the number one meat consumed in America; it is versatile, relatively inexpensive compared to other meats, and most importantly it can be found in every grocery store through out the United States. All of those factors are made possible because of factory farming. Factory farming is the reason why consumers are able to purchase low-priced poultry in their local supermarket and also the reason why chickens and other animals are being seen as profit rather than living, breathing beings. So what is exactly is factory farming? According to Ben Macintyre, a writer and columnist of The Times, a British newspaper and a former chicken farm worker, he summed up the goal of any factory farm “... to produce the maximum quantity of

One of the most significant things that factory farms do is lower food costs for consumers. Due to the mass production of the meat, the factory farms are able to sell their food for a lot

Factory farming is a common farming method of confining animals such as chickens and pigs in tiny cramped places for mass food production, to get the best profit out of their product. Environmentalist and Animal Rights Activists strongly disagree with this way of food production as it causes stress and harm to the animals. Animals have the right to freedom and a happy, healthy life. But on the other side of the argument farmers and food companies say that without factory farming they wouldn’t be able to produce the same amount of food at the same price and in the same time. And then they’d have to put up meat prices in order to accommodate the new system. The Animal Rights activists are thinking about the animals whereas the farmers are