No doubt, apologists
for factory farming argue along similar lines as GMO proponents that it is only with cruel industrialized, technologized, commodified, production of meat and dairy products that the growing human population can be fed.
It would be like Korean animal advocates sending letters to Ford Motor Co. to tell them off
for factory farming!
The inputs
for factory farming are becoming too expensive, and although we don't yet realise it, factory farming itself has become frighteningly susceptible to disease.
Clean meat is created by growing meat outside of an animal from a small cell sample, eliminating the need
for factory farming and slaughter.
The reason why it takes so much water
for factory farmed beef is because these animals consume corn and alfalfa which require a huge amount of water and water must be shipped into these factory farms for the cows to drink.
Documentarians, reporters, and tastemakers to the middle - to - upper - class have done a pretty good job of shaming McDonald's over the years, for everything from its sheer unhealthiness to its support
for factory farms to its brazen kid - targeting advertising.
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.
Not exact matches
The team's new company, Aspire Food Group, hopes its cheaper
factory farm methods
for «micro-livestock» like crickets and palm weevils will cheaply feed millions and boost farmers» livelihoods in the process.
Even if these families had the means, suing wouldn't be worth the legal fees because state legislators passed a law barring citizens from winning compensation
for damages related to health, quality of life, enjoyment of property, or lost income caused by
factory farms.
Pete and Gerry's didn't adopt the industrialized,
factory - style
farming that was common
for egg farmers, and by the late 1990s, it didn't have the scale to supply eggs to supermarkets or large chains.
The captains of England's Industrial Revolution locked the doors of their
factories during their 12 - hour workdays because the former farmhands on the assembly lines had a habit of wandering off
for a snooze whenever they felt like it as they used to back on the
farm.
In looking
for «nonnormal job» endeavors, Tetrick got talking to his childhood friend Josh Balk, who worked on reducing dependence on
factory -
farmed chicken eggs
for the Humane Society of the United States.
Factory farming and the combine harvester increased labour productivity in the
farming sector and reduced the need
for agricultural workers.
GFI's Managing Director
for Israel will serve as an independent contractor orchestrating the regional expansion of our efforts to replace
factory -
farmed products with plant - based and
GFI's Managing Director
for Israel will serve as an independent contractor orchestrating the regional expansion of our efforts to replace
factory -
farmed products with plant - based and clean meat.
We work with entrepreneurs, researchers, elected officials, regulators, the media, and institutions to create a seamless transition away from
factory farmed animal products and toward alternatives that are better
for our environment, food security, global health, and animals.
«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Sonic
for its work improving conditions
for animals in its supply chain,» stated Matthew Prescott, corporate outreach director
for The HSUS's
factory farming campaign.
It is interesting that those who argue so vigorously
for new plants as ways of bringing jobs do not often argue in favor of substituting labor - intensive
for energy - intensive means of production in either
farm or
factory.
For the sake of slightly greater profit, we are transforming
farms into
factories in which many animals suffer horribly throughout their lives.
Recognize that men are enslaved on fishing boats to
farm shrimp, kids are harvesting chocolate, and that
factory workers in China are not being paid
for the stuff you're buying on the cheap at your local discount store.
They note that while some ecologists are focusing attention on the maintenance of wilderness, we have in fact turned our
farms into
factories, where meat is produced with no regard whatever
for the suffering of the animals involved.
Still, this commitment is sufficiently prominent in the tradition to provide contemporary Buddhists with a basis
for protest against the economic theory that the only value of animals is the price humans will pay
for them and against the
factory farming that this theory supports.
Raymond Fung28 argued
for a missionary movement among the world's poor so that the slum dwellers,
factory workers, street laborers,
farm hands, and their families could be confronted with the claims of Jesus.
When I learned of the horrific violence and cruelty that billions of animals endure each year to satisfy our tastebuds (not to mention the abuses and mistreatment that
factory farm workers endure in order to ensure corporate profit, from being forced to defecate in their pants to operating dangerous equipment without training), I knew that going vegan was the only way
for me to live in a manner that was consistent with my values.
If you remember, I visited their
factories and
farms last year, and have grown to know and trust the family, brand, and the products they put out
for us consumers.
The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible
for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold
for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in
factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as «entertainment»...
Heinrich Graf von Bassewitz of German farmer's association DBV said people should expect to pay more
for meat with the label, pointing out that «consumers who complain about so - called
factory farming have pushed forward this form of agriculture through their purchase of cheap foods and their extreme price - consciousness.»
«Australians need to see what goes on inside
factory farms, to see how cruelly animals are treated
for the sake of cheap chicken breast and bacon.
Whether free range or
factory farmed, male chicks are of no use
for egg or meat production, and are killed almost immediately after hatching.
New laws making it illegal to take pictures or film agricultural animals came into force in the US states of Utah and Iowa, lobbied
for by an industry attempting to keep secret what happens on
factory farms.
There's perhaps no bigger nightmare
for a vegan than being stranded inside a
factory farm, helpless — unab...
«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Harris Teeter
for its continued work improving conditions
for animals in its supply chain,» stated Matthew Prescott, corporate outreach director
for The HSUS's
factory farming campaign.
«By starting to use eggs from hens not confined in cruel battery cages and pork from pigs not crammed into tiny gestation crates, Sonic has taken an important first step forward
for animal welfare,» said Paul Shapiro, senior director of The HSUS»
factory farming campaign.
Underwood stays away from meat
for health and because she recognizes the problems of
factory farmed meat.
Biodynamic
farms must also set aside at least 10 % of their land
for «biodiversity» — a mandate that makes biodynamic much less attractive to so - called
factory farms.
«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Red Robin
for joining the national movement away from cruel battery cages,» said Paul Shapiro, senior director of The HSUS»
factory farming campaign.
«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Wendy's
for responding to customers» concerns about animal welfare and taking this positive step,» stated Paul Shapiro, senior director of The HSUS»
factory farming campaign.
It is always enjoyable to get out and meet with clients and members and we thank them
for taking time out of busy schedules to show us around
farms,
factories & premises.
The power of informed consumers is paving the way
for a kinder world
for animals in
factory farms.
Dietitian or farmer led store /
factory /
farm tours
for consumers to learn more about the benefits of their food and how it is made.
FAIRR founder Jeremy Coller, chief investment officer of private equity firm Coller Capital, said: «The world's over-reliance on
factory -
farmed livestock to feed the growing global demand
for protein is a recipe
for a financial, social and environmental crisis.»
Not only is it cruel and inhumane to animals, intensive
farming or
factory farming is responsible
for the over use of antibiotics which is extremely harmful to human health too.
Their process takes the grain straight from the
farm to the bakery, where it is soaked, sprouted, and then promptly delivered to La Tortilla
Factory for delicious tortilla making.
One of Australia's richest women has vowed to put her fortune to good use by campaigning
for an end to
factory farming Down Under.
For nearly a century, animal agribusiness has forced
farm animals into
factory - like conditions, subjecting them to unspeakable cruelties: confining them in cages so small they can barely move, overcrowding them in massive warehouses, cutting off parts of their bodies without painkillers and more.
GRASS - FED / PASTURED MEATS (any and all meats, NOT conventional,
factory farmed meat, look
for grass - fed, pastured, truly free range, and organic)
Harvey Fresh started processing juice on 100 hectares of land in the
farming community of Harvey, south of Perth, in 1986 and now runs a juice plant, a dairy
factory and a winery
for the Harvey River Bridge Estate and Joseph River labels.
These beautiful girls went from barely being able to move in a cage in a
factory farm to a big beautiful coop with plenty of space to roam (30 square feet per chicken to be accurate, even though the area we live in requires only 10 square feet per chicken
for a backyard coop — obviously still a huge improvement from a tiny cage).
Heritage turkeys are the traditional breeds of turkeys which have not been «industrialized»
for efficient
factory farm production at the expense of flavor and the well - being of the turkeys.
NOTE: Current demand
for chicken meat in Australia can only be met by
factory farming.