Essays on Factory Farming

Abstract

One of the alarming issues regarding public health and agriculture is the increasing trend for practicing factory farming. It is a strategy of food companies to increase their profit by reducing the costs of manufacturing animal products. Factory farming commonly involves unsanitary, inappropriate and unethical methods of raising farm animals. Large populations of farm animals are raised in a small confinement. The main problem associated to factory farming is the large risk of food contamination. The extreme use of growth hormones and antibiotics in factory farming could also increase the risk of developing antibiotic resistant bacteria which could endanger ...

Traditionally, animals have been assumed to respond to changes in the environment the same way as humans do. This assumption has been continuously used for product testing, research, and educating of living animals. Animal experimentation is done in a broad range of environments, including agricultural facilities, universities, hospitals and independent laboratories. This technique is used to assess the safety of the products such as cosmetics, chemicals medical services, and household products. However, animal-based testing methods have failed the human needs due to varied reactions of various animal species to these commodities. Moreover, the methodology has received severe criticism from ...

For most people, the only food they know is meat. They grew up wearing leather and depending on location, cloths made of fur or wool. For entertainment, children are brought to zoos and circuses while eating hotdogs, burgers, or barbeque. In addition, children often raise their desires of having their own pets at home, prompt parents to buy pets from pet shops and which are later on, kept in cages. While these are indeed pleasant activities for the family, seldom are the animals considered or thought of after each bite of the delicious meal. How many had to die ...

In the current state of affairs, most of the food consumed in many parts of the developed world has its origins in factory farms. Factory farms seem to be the modern method of ensuring that industrial principles are applied to the provision of the contents of a meal. The main driving force in factory production is ensuring highest production using the fastest and most efficient method. However, factory farming does not really offer those benefits that it seeks to provide; rather, it is an avenue for adverse effects on communities and the societies in general. This paper will seek to ...

Introduction

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is an American organization for animal rights. It gives voice against four major issues regarding treatment of animals such as fur farming, using animals for entertainment, factory farming, and animal testing. PETA also fights against eating animals, killing of animals, keeping chained dogs, bullfighting, and cock fighting. Even though the organization’s intention is good to save the life of the animal, PETA is often considered as unrealistic and extremist. PETA states that creating the institution of breeding, as “pets” are selfish. According to Newkirk, who led PETA, the word “friends” ...

Abstract

It is agreeable that the objective of factory farming in producing as much food as possible as well as cheaply as possible. The growing population indeed depletes the available food resources and, therefore, efforts in providing alternative food production methods are necessary. These projects are aimed at saving the starving population as well as saving the economy at large. Projects through statistical analysis have proven to be successful. Large tokens of meat and eggs have been produced in single setups serving huge populations. The manners in which these factories are run have significant consequences which counteract its low prices. ...

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The notion of animal rights has always been a sensitive issue for the sociologists and activists. Hypothetically, in a perfect world every living being has rights and they should be respected by others. The concept of animal rights and the violation of this involve several issues concerning misuse, abuse, neglect and hurting animals for recreational or experimental sake. While different people might have different perceptions of what are the rights of animals and what we need to do morally, however it is important to understand why does it matter to be morally responsible towards animals and how does it affect the ...

The American food system as often regarded as unhealthy, several issues are being associated to the way Americans produce their foods such as animal cruelty and too much commercialization by large corporations. However, it appears that the multinational corporations are the ones that control most of the food production in North America. Creating the film documentary is quite a challenge. The filmmakers were denied of access to many of the factories and farms. “It was nearly impossible to gain access to industrial farms and into large food corporations”. First, they would not let any of the crew and it felt ...

Peter Singer’s Position on Factory Farming

Factory farming of animals, also known as concentrated animal feeding operations is the system employed by most food manufacturers to produce the animal products that they trade in. It is a method of farming which involves the production of animals and animal products in large numbers through the use of what is considered an efficient process of feeding and concentration to achieve the fastest growth rates possible. Peter Singer (2006) argues that this process of food production is morally wrong. According to his view, this presents an abuse of animals to an extent which is greater than the abuse ...

Factory farming

Introduction

Factory farming is a farming practice where livestock are raised at high stocking density within a confinement. The farm will basically operate as a factory and this is a common practice in industrial farming. Factory farms exist because of several reasons. The first reason is based on the growing need to have reduced prices of food. Factory farms have the potential to produce a large quantity of food at a cheaper cost. The technologies used and economies of scale have enabled consumers of these products to save a significant amount on food. The second reason is based upon sustaining the growing global population. The world ...

Jonathan Safran Foer has entertained enormous significant approval and international awareness for his writing approach in novels for example Everything Is Illuminated: a Novel. The most recent book, however, is a factual and on edge. Eating Animals is a comprehensive Foer’s individual description of disagreements with the principles of eating animals subsequent to the delivery of his son. The book is sectioned into eight chapters, each one containing a title that is not completely obvious but more reminiscent and figurative. For “All or Nothing or Something Else” for the second chapter plunging into the predicament of the quantity and type of animal ...