factory farms

Neighbors of an industrial farm sued over conditions including horrible smells from open-air pig waste lagoons.
Officials estimate about 700,000 pigs nationwide being killed each week, disposed of in landfills or composted.
“What’s exciting from our perspective is that some of these ideas are catching hold," said a sustainable farming advocate.
We've been told our consumption of meat is destroying the environment. But the real issue is meat production, not meat itself. Regenerative farming could be the answer.
The goal of activists and storytellers since time immemorial has been to put ordinary people in another person’s shoes.
The next decade will witness the greatest advancements in farm animal welfare in modern American history.
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"It's a matter of industry standards allowing for blatant animal abuse.”
Meat consumption is down after decades of growth, but the U.S. still eats more of it than any other country.