Sentences with phrase «animal farming operations»

It is interesting that the first reaction to livestock abuse and the environmental impact of concentrated animal farming operations is to go vegetarian.

Not exact matches

them, vaccinating the birds, gathering eggs and main - 164 food and drink • winter 2009 • www.fooddrink-magazine.com << Balancing the concerns of animal - rights activists and the day - to - day operations of a farm has been challenging, according to California - based Armstrong Egg Farms.

To answer that question, one needn't look any further than the dozens of damning undercover investigations into agribusiness operations released over the last several years: chickens crammed so tightly into tiny cages that they can't even spread their wings, living in the same space with the rotting corpses of their cage - mates; mother pigs unable to even turn around for months on end inside their gestation crates; factory farm workers sadistically abusing animals; and more.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural produfarm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural produfarm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural produfarm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural produfarm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural produfarm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural produFarm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

Such a ban remains far more contentious in North America, where the profitability of factory - farm operations depends on getting animals to market in the shortest possible time.

Industrial - scale farms that raise animals for food — called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), in the parlance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — have a number of documented impacts on the environment, mostly from the massive quantities of manure they produce.

The idea was to target three issues with traditional meat farming: protect animals from inhumane conditions and eventual slaughter; reduce the environmental damage of large - scale livestock operations; and give humans healthier meat and better food security.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that dairy farms contributed more than 20 % of the ammonia emitted from animal husbandry operations in 2015.

PULLMAN — Having the right number of cattle on the right piece of land for the right amount of time for the right reasons might be a powerful farming tool for ensuring the long - term sustainability — both economic and environmental — of their operations, according to Donald D. Nelson, Extension beef specialist in the WSU department of animal sciences.

Like commercial farming operations on land, the density of fish in these pens necessitates certain chemicals to keep animals from getting sick and to keep things clean.

Many of the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) dairy farms are creating overproduction of milk for these dairy cows, which can result in infection or mastitis of the cows» udders.

A feedlot is an animal feeding operation in commercial animal farming.

Regarding raw vs pasteurized milk, people are more likely to get sick from pasteurized milk, because mass factory farms are generally dirtier operations with animals that are in poorer health than grass - fed raw milk farms.

So one should look for animal fats from animals that are pasture - based and not crowded, confined animal feeding operations where disease and sickness must be managed in these factory farms.

When mentioning factory farms or industrialized agriculture we think of CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) or acres and acres of wheat, corn and soy.

Unfortunately, animal abuse runs rampant in society, found everywhere from puppy mills and backyard slaughter operations to factory farms and laboratories.

Neither term implies anything about animal welfare; products from «factory» farming and confinement operations (such as battery cages for chickens), can still be organic, natural, both, or neither.

One of California's biggest chinchilla farms was closed in Vista this week in what San Diego Humane Society & SPCA says is an animal rescue operation that could be the largest in county history.

While I am pleased that the animals trapped in forced breeding kennels in West Virginia will have better lives, in my view, there is no such thing as a «good» commercial breeding operation because no good comes from exploiting animals and flooding the market with factory - farmed pets while millions are dying in our shelters.

We believe that the health of and delivery of veterinary care to individual animals has improved as farms have become more able to access the specialized expertise that is often more affordable for larger operations.

Back in 1964, a woman named Ruth Harrison was terribly concerned that small family farms across England were being quickly replaced by large industrial farming operations that saw animals as mere products, not as living beings.

Rawhide is a by - product of the CAFO — or concentrated animal feeding operation, the bucolic term for today's industrial farm.

Organized veterinary medicine, that reaped great profits for the drug companies selling antibiotics, vaccines and a host of other drugs, never voiced concern over the proliferation of cruel factory farms, so - called concentrated animal feeding operations that now blight rural America, helped put family farms out of business and now pose significant environmental and public health risks.

Support from Animal Farm Foundation has allowed Companion Animal Advocates to further its mission by awarding a grant of $ 3,700 to be used to purchase pet food for our Operation Feed A Pet program.

CAFOs are industrial - sized livestock operations in which hundreds or even thousands of farm animals are typically confined in extremely cramped quarters 24/7; the animals never see the light of day or receive more than a minimal amount of care, and they are frequently subjected to abusive practices.

Maria Maldonado, Sidewalk Angels Foundation Board Member and Pets Alive Board Member shared remarks on behalf of Rob and Marisol Thomas, «Pets Alive has been helping horses since they first opened their doors but their finances were stretched so thin with day to day operations of the entire sanctuary that they struggled to develop a structure that could allow them to do the work they truly wanted for the farm animals.

During a drawn out battle in court for the case of ARM / State of Florida vs. Jorge Garcia, the judge denied the defendants motion to dismiss graphic audio and video footage which ARM captured during undercover operations on Garcia's illegal animal slaughter farm.

Some mills were massive operations with hundreds of animals living in stacked wire cages; they reminded him of factory farms.

07/24/13 - Cleveland Scene - Caged: How Ohio Politicians Keep the State's Puppy Mill Business Booming with Little Regulation 06/27/13 - Animal Law Coalition - Proposed OH Puppy Mill Regulations «Terrible» 05/13/13 - Bargain Hunter - Dog kennel inspectors will be focused on Holmes county, surrounding areas 11/29/12 - The Best Friends Blog - After decades of frustration, a new strategy against puppy mills Excerpt from this article: In the case of puppy mills the greatest efforts have gone into exposing the horrors of factory farming pets, with the intent of generating public support for legislative measures that will improve conditions in high - volume breeding operations.

New York: ALL 4 PETS: Limited to Western New York (veterinary care assistance) The Animal Lovers League: Glen Cove (temporary foster program) Ascension's Pet Food Pantry: Buffalo (pet food pantry) Baxter Pet Pantry: Nassau and Suffolk Counties (pet food and supplies) Beyond Breed's Ruff Riders: pet food and supplies for underserved neighborhoods in Brooklyn and New York City Black Dog, Second Chance Rescue Food Pantry for Pets: Buffalo Frankie's Friends: New York City (veterinary care assistance including cancer) Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry: (pet food bank) Lollypop Farm, The Humane Society of Greater Rochester: Fairport (emergency pet food assistance, spay / neuter assistance, and information on other community programs for veterinary assistance) Rochester Hope for Pets: Rochester (veterinary care assistance) NY SAVE, Inc.: veterinary care assistance Operation Pets: The Spay / Neuter Clinic of Western New York (low - cost spay / neuter) Pet Food Pantry Auburn: (pet food) The Shamrock Animal Fund: Syracuse / Central New York (veterinary care assistance).

ADLA was a member group of several citizens» ballot measure coalitions that banned cockfighting in 1998 and prohibited the inhumane confinement of farm animals in industrial agriculture operations in 2006.

And travelers who are interested in seeing pigs can also look into visiting a rescue operation such as Farm Sanctuary or Animal Place..

Another problem with intensive confined animal feeding operations of all kinds, whether for farmed fish or for cattle, is not what gets extracted from the environment but what gets put in it.

Also known as factory farms or CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations G), these facilities confine thousands (and, in some cases, hundreds of thousands) of animals in cramped conditions without access to the outdoors.

Some states include smaller farms in their animal feeding operations programs depending on past performance or other site conditions.

There are myriad reasons why concentrated animal feeding operations (the technical cleaned up newspeak term for factory farms) are bad for the animals, the environment and human health.

It is poor public policy that condones restrictions on grazing operations, or taxes on grazing animals, based on disputed theories that claim that bodily emissions from farm animals will cause dangerous global warming.

But in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), animal waste is not cycled through the farm since there's simply too much of it.

J. Craig Williams points out that the Environmental Protection Agency's new agreement with animal - feeding operations gives the farms «immunity from Clean Air Act civil fines and penalties in exchange for the farms» agreement to submit air quality data and pay a one - time fine.»

ADDITIONAL SKILLS • Knowledge of common farm operations • Compassion for animals • Ability to work in extreme weather conditions • Excellent physical dexterity • Ability to communicate well and take instructions

KEY QUALIFICATIONS • Over five years of dedicated experience working in the farmhouse • Highly skilled in practical farm operations including plowing, planting, irrigating and fertilizing • Hands on experience of using service equipment such as tractors and milking machines • In - depth knowledge of maintaining sanitary living arrangements for farm animals

These include federal authority over waters of the U.S., wetlands, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), water quality standards, and conservation issues related to the farm bill (such as swampbuster).