Industrial Farming Hurst

“Food fight!” Two words that filled some young children with joy as they watched tomatoes and cakes flying across the lunch room, but they lose that feeling of joy when they become adults. They eventually learn that for some, good food is hard to come by, and they develop an interest in clinging to what food they can get, some without question, in fact, many without question. This creates a huge problem for them. The shelves are stacked at the supermarket with many confusing labels, some not even true, and when they’re grasping for things they don’t understand, how can they possibly eat healthy? There are two main processes that get the food to the shelves in the supermarket: organic and industrial farming. Both of these processes are shrouded

one can be made aware of the positives and negatives of industrial and organic farming, spot the differences and similarities of both methods and those who support them, and formulate an opinion on which practice they believe is the

Hurst believes that the technical advances involved in modern farming allow it to feed everyone. “Only ‘industrial farming’ can possible meet the demands of an increasing population and an increased demand for food as a result of growing incomes” (Hurst), he says. He states this after mentioning biotech crops, crops altered to increase efficiency, and uses this quote to highlight the advantages that industrial farming has over organic farming by using advanced like biotech crops. Another point Hurst looms over is the misconception of animal treatment. Many critics of modern farming like to claim that there are no benefits to caging animals and that it is cruel, but Hurst sees it differently. “The crates protect the piglets from their mothers” (Hurst), he says. According to Hurst, mother pigs are known to crush, or even eat, their own children, and crates help protect the young piglets from their mothers. Another example he gives highlighting the value of cages is the misfortune of his family’s friend, Lynn Niemann. Niemann lost four-thousand turkeys to extreme weather conditions and natural predators. If Niemann would have caged these turkeys, he wouldn’t have lost those turkeys, believes Hurst. Another problem critics have with caging is that it supposedly harms the environment. This is due to the