Intensive animal farming
Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms,[1] also known as factory farming,[2] is a type of agriculture that involves mass animal production designed to create foods and goods with little costs.[3] To make this possible, agribusinesses keep livestock make as much cattle, poultry, and fish as possible in a crowded area. The main products of this industry are meat, milk and eggs for food.[4]
While intensive animal farming can create large amounts at a low cost with less human labor,[5] it is controversial because of ethical concerns of how these animals are treated and killed.[6]
Intensive Animal Farming Media
Broiler chickens, bred for meat production, regularly have health issues, as their genetics have been optimized for quick growth, sometimes causing broiler ascites syndrome.
Diagram of feedlot system. This can be contrasted with more traditional grazing systems.
Beef cattle on a feedlot in the Texas Panhandle. Such confinement creates more work for the farmer but allows the animals to grow rapidly.
Blue mussels cultivated in proximity to Atlantic salmon in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
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References
- ↑ The limits in sight for Spanish macro farms. In Spain News. December 16, 2021. https://inspain.news/the-limits-in-sight-for-spanish-macro-farms/. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ↑ Lusk, Jayson (23 September 2016). "Why Industrial Farms Are Good for the Environment". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/why-industrial-farms-are-good-for-the-environment.html. "Before 'factory farming' became a pejorative, agricultural scholars of the mid-20th century were calling for farmers to do just that — become more factorylike and businesslike. From that time, farm sizes have risen significantly. It is precisely this large size that is often criticized today in the belief that large farms put profit ahead of soil and animal health.".
- ↑ Why Factory Farming Isn't What You Think. Forbes (June 2015).
- ↑ Nierenberg, Danielle. Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry 171 (2005). Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute. ISBN 978-1-878071-77-4. OCLC 62104329.
- ↑ Intensive animal agriculture (in en). FAIRR. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
- ↑ Bolotnikova, Marina. How Factory Farming Ends (in en-US). Vox (2024-08-07). Retrieved 2025-01-18.
