Factory Farming

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Is factory farming economically beneficial? Modern farming techniques are essential to provide food to a fast-growing world population / Chuck Jolley ; Modern animal agriculture methods are efficient, highly productive, and sustainable / Animal Agriculture Alliance ; U.S. dairy farmers are feeding the world by producing quality foods / Pam Taylor ; It is a myth that industrialized agriculture produces cheap food to feed the world / Lenny Russo ; Factory-farmed, meat-based diets may cause a food scarcity crisis / Jim Motavalli ; Factory farms are not more efficient or economically beneficial than conventional family farms / William J. Weida -- Is factory farming an ethical way to treat animals? Producers of animal food products are committed to animal welfare / Animal Agriculture Alliance ; The meat packing industry promotes the welfare of animals / American Meat Institute ; Providing humans with quality food is more important than animal welfare ; The treatment of animals in factory farming is a serious moral wrong / Peter Singer -- Standard factory farming practices constitute legalized animal abuse / The Humane Society of the United States ; Factory farms violate the Christian duty to act as stewards of God's creation / Michael Bruner -- Does factory farming harm human health or the environment? Industrial food animal production is a growing public health threat / Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production ; Factory farming damages land and water / George Wuerthner ; Factory farming is unleashing new diseases like swine flu / Ben Macintyre ; Factory farming contributes to Pfiesteria outbreaks / Sierra Club ; Technologies soon will be developed to produce meat without harm to the environment / Kevin Slaten ; In vitro meat production could provide a sustainable way to produce meat / Stig Omholt -- What is the future of factory farming? Commercial agriculture will continue to play a role in agricultural policy / George McGovern and Marshall Matz ; Industrial agricultural must be carefully regulated in the future / Will Allen ; Industrial animal agriculture must transition to a more sustainable system / Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production ; The world must abandon the commodity approach to food / Greg Bowman ; Enlightened agriculture is the key to future farming and meat production / Colin Tudge.

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