Intensive animal farming - Wikipedia
WEBIntensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, [1] also known (particularly by opponents) as factory farming, [2] is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production while minimizing costs. [3]
Factory Farming: What It Is and Why It's a Problem - The Humane …
WEBDec 1, 2020 · At its core, factory farming is a form of intensive agriculture designed to maximize profits using as few resources as possible. On factory farms, large numbers of animals are confined in small spaces, which often means keeping animals indoors for the duration of their lives.
Intensive animal farming | Description, History, Practices, Animal ...
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Intensive animal farming is a system of animal agriculture intended to maximize output while minimizing space requirements and resource expenditures. Animals commonly farmed in this method include fish, poultry, pigs, and cattle.
The facts about factory farms - The Humane Society of the United States
WEBDec 10, 2020 · In the United States, almost all farm animals spend their lives inside factory farms, large-scale operations that turn lives into commodities by “processing” huge numbers of animals as quickly as possible. They’re bad for animals, bad for us and bad for the planet we share. Here’s why.
Revealing the Problem with Factory Farming - ASPCA
WEBIn polling, 94% of Americans agree that animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty. Yet the majority of the nearly 10 billion land-based animals, plus countless more aquatic animals, farmed for food each …
Factory Farming - Farm Sanctuary
WEBNearly 10 billion animals are killed for human consumption each year in the United States. 99% are raised on factory farms, which maximize agribusiness profits at the expense of the animals, the environment, social justice, and public health.
Factory Farming - Humane Society International
WEBOverview. Billions of farm animals suffer in factory farms globally, confined their whole lives to cages so small they can barely move. HSI works with governments, corporations, producers and institutions to enact reform, end intensive confinement farming and promote alternatives to inhumane farming practices.
Factory farming: Impact on animals, workers, environment, & more
WEBFactory farming is a recent method of meat, dairy, and egg production that involves raising huge numbers—typically thousands or tens of thousands—of genetically uniform animals in a relatively small amount of space.
Factory Farms – Farm Aid Fact Sheet
WEBFeb 2, 2024 · What Are Factory Farms? “Factory farms,” as they are commonly known, are industrial livestock operations that are more formally defined as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Industrial Agriculture 101 - NRDC
WEBJan 31, 2020 · The term “factory farm” is commonly used to refer to large, industrialized facilities raising animals for food, but it isn’t a legal or scientific term. The official name for these...