Factory Farming

What is Factory Farming?

• Factory farming is a way of farming were animals are treated like trash.
• They are cooped up in crowded conditions.

How this Effects the Environment

• People cut down trees to make land for the feed crops.
• Factory farming takes up land, water and fossil fuels.
• It takes up 1,581 pounds of water to process 1 pound of beef.

Animal Treatment 1

• Animals are kept in crowded conditions.
• Some animals live their lives without ever seeing the sun.

Animal treatment 2

• Cows have to stand in their own manure.
• Also, cows have to eat corn. Cows are meant to eat wheat.

Animal Treatment 3

• Some sheep have their tails cut off or a rubber band is put around the tail so it rots off.
• Sheep are killed young because lamb meet tastes good.

Work on a factory farm.

• Factory farms provide work for the local people.
• It also provides cheap food.