Hungry for a Change: Factory Farms
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Everyone has heard the horror stories of what goes on in industrial agriculture, or factory farms. Animals are shoved around, in lines, all awaiting their eminent slaughter for the production of meat products. Workers throw baby pigs around and abuse the animals just because they can. Groups such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are adamant that the factory farms get shut down and do everything they can to get the public known of the horrors that go on. However, what most people do not realize is that farms are still agriculture and agriculture is necessary for the production of crops, meat, and other nutrients necessary to survive. PETA has been one-sided in showing that farms do horrible things such as dehorn innocent calves, shove pigs and other animals in small crates, and start to slaughter animals even though they are not fully dead yet. What PETA does not tell people is that some of those things are common for the agriculture industry. For example, dehorning cows are important because if not done, they could injure humans and other animals. They also make it easier to move the cattle. Additionally, when slaughtering an animal, the animal is first made unconscious, so it does not feel anything when the jugular vein is cut killing the animal. Now, this is not promoting factory farming, it is just showing how agriculture is. There are more negative effects than positive when it comes to factory farming.
A new century is just beginning and as it is starting to progress, everyone is turned to the future and how we could become better as a world. Many people want better, faster, and easier ways to do things. These trends of making things easier are even making an impact on our agriculture. By making Americ...
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that peta is one-sided in showing that farms do horrible things like dehorning innocent calves, shove pigs and other animals in small crates, and start to slaughter animals even though they are not fully dead yet.
- Explains that a new century is just beginning and people want better, faster, and easier ways to do things. the number of swine farms has decreased over the past fifty years, while hog production has increased.
- Explains that factory farming is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide are emitted from burning fossil fuels.
- Opines that peta is one-sided in showing that farms do horrible things like dehorning innocent calves, shove pigs and other animals in small crates, and start to slaughter animals even though they are not fully dead yet.
- Explains that a new century is just beginning and people want better, faster, and easier ways to do things. the number of swine farms has decreased over the past fifty years, while hog production has increased.
- Explains that factory farming is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide are emitted from burning fossil fuels.
- Explains that the dairy and beef industry has had to shift from pasture-based animals to dry-lots where the animals can receive nutrients but are not outside.
- Opines that factory farming is a way of life for those people who care for their animals and provide vaccinations and other medicine to keep them healthy.
- Explains that industrial farms fill animals with harsh hormones, pesticides and antibiotics to lessen their ability to get sick and improve their average daily gain.
- Explains that 80% of all antibiotics sold in the us are given to the farm animals on industrial farms. when ingested by humans, it causes us to become ill.
- Compares industrial farms to hospitals from a nightmare. animals are confined indoors, fed unnatural diets and pumped with antibiotics.
- Opines that vegetarianism and in-vitro meat are safe and healthier alternatives to meat.
- Opines that sustainable farming is a great alternative to factory farming, and argues that it helps repair local ecosystems, boost farmers' yields and mitigate the degradation caused by mechanized agriculture.
- Encourages people to take a stand against industrial agriculture by buying local produce and meat, which helps small farms and does not provide an impact on the environment.
- Analyzes how adams, ronald j., and ferreira, deanne m. camara's "global warming and agribusiness: could methane gas from dairy cows spark the next california gold rush?"
- Explains pluhar, evelyn, and wender, melanie j. "goodbye family farms and hello agribusiness: the story of how agricultural policy is destroying the
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- Explains that the iron plow was expensive, slow to feed, and the knights needed a stronger horse. faster and stronger animals meant less time in the fields.
- Explains that tillage can help the desired crop to be planted, but not tilling before planting is called no-till. planning out which fields and the intended crop will help save time and money.
- Explains that 29 global partner companies of the world economic forum are trying to find a "new vision for agriculture" to provide food security, environmental sustainability, and economic opportunities throughout the world.
- Explains that many countries rely on other countries for food and have it imported which can lead to high costs including all of the fees. developing countries waste up to 40% of their food grown.
- Opines that farming isn't a relevant business because there's no profit until the farmer sells out. some may say it is just as bad as gambling because of the fact that money is not always there.
- Concludes that farming is a relevant business in the united states and always will be no matter what happens. one out of every five jobs in america is agriculturally related.
- Explains able, charles. “min-till success in in planning.” farmers weekly. 2002: 4. mas ultra.
- Explains best management practices for agrichemical handling and farm equipment maintenance. florida department of agriculture.
- Explains neil schlager and josh lauer's "feeding an expanding world." science and its times.
- Analyzes logsdon, gene, "what if farming for profit really isn't possible." the land institute, prairie writers, 2013.
- Explains los, fraser, and global issues in context. "carrot city." alternatives journal.
- Cites sayers, ian, "new approaches to feeding the world's population." international trade forum.
- Analyzes sparger, john adam, "is the share of agriculture maintenance research rising int the united states?" food policy.
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