Supporters of factory farming say that factory farming benefits both the farmers and the consumers economically and factory farms are the best way to provide proper care for animals, but I think that's a bunch of crap.
There are a number of arguments against factory farming, broadly falling in to these categories:
Environmental Public health Economics Humane
1. Environmental
Factory farming like other industrial...
factory farming is essential because ; poor people can buy food at lower prices, giving people a more balanced diet thus saving peoples lives. animals will be slaughtered anyway so why not this way?...
Factory farming is the application of industry models and production to farms and agriculture. It stresses efficiency and maximum output, but has some terrible consequences. One such consequence is...
Factory farming is one way of farming, but there are many ways to raise animals as livestock. For example, one could have free range livestock, meaning that they have a lot of land on which to live....
The main downside to "factory farming" is that animals are treated as commodities, not as living, breathing beings that can feel pain, distress and boredom like we can. Those who operate a so-called...