2020年12月1日 · Factory farms, also known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), are a modern industrial method of raising farmed animals, who are collectively known in industry parlance as livestock. At its core, factory farming is a form of intensive agriculture designed to maximize profits using as few resources as possible.

Factory farms as the systems of large-scale confinement we know today began in the United States with the industrial raising of chickens. From early experiments in the 1920s, the practice of keeping vast numbers of animals confined in small spaces and delivering feed to them has spread to countries throughout the world.

2024年2月26日 · In a few generations, factory farming — the set of economic, genetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical innovations that enabled humanity to raise tens of billions of animals for food every year —...

2024年2月13日 · For cattle and broiler chicken farms, the number of the largest factory farms has grown since 2012. In 2012, there were 1,124 cattle farms in the U.S. with 5,000 cattle or more per farm. But that increased to 1,270 mega factory farms in 2017 and 1,453 in 2022, according to the USDA’s Census of Agriculture data – a 29 percent increase.

Nearly 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. Hunting and gathering was Homo sapiens’ food system for almost 90 percent of human history.

2024年9月19日 · America has become a factory farm nation. And a new resource from Food & Water Watch illustrates the problem — and empowers communities with information to fight back. Our maps show the density of factory farmed animals at the county level, covering 20 years of factory farm growth.

Critics of factory farming renewed demands for U.S. policy reforms on Tuesday in response to new federal data on the nation's agricultural activity, which is released every five years.

2020年12月10日 · 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.

2022年10月14日 · Factory farming refers to a method of breeding and raising farmed animals for food with the goal of maximizing production and minimizing costs. But what does this mean in practice? In this article, you’ll find out everything you need to …

2021年10月14日 · Food and Water Watch has produced the first map to chart the geographical distribution of factory farms in the U.S. The companion report, Factory Farm Nation, explains the forces driving factory farms, as well as the environmental, public health, and economic consequences of factory farming. Here’s the Factory Farm Map of the U.S.