The documentary Food Inc. touches on these topics and shows how little consumers know about what they eat and where it derives from. The documentary Food Inc. shows how most people are under the fallacious belief that their foods are grown on appealing farms often depicted on the packaging of the product themselves. In reality only a few of these farms are present and large factory farms have replaced most of them (Food Inc.). Food Inc. displays how viciously animals are being treated from their living conditions and at slaughterhouses. The documentary also shows how animals are given antibiotics to make them grow much more rapidly.
Factory farming In this unit I researched about factory farming and learned lots of things. The factory farming is a way of producing meats in factories. In short, the mass production of crops and livestock that is aimed at providing food at lower costs to consumers. They usually rear pigs, cows and chickens to produce meat and eggs. Most of the animals in the factories do not see sun lights at all, and some of them have diseases.
This vision of free-roaming animals living out their days in sunny fields is very far from the reality. A majority of the animals that are raised for food live miserable lives in intensive confinement in dark, overcrowded facilities, commonly called "factory farms." Let me first tell you What is factory farm? Factory farming - a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions. By definition, factory farming involves animals stored in cramped, hot, disease ridden cages, crates or other confined spaces to produce eggs or other foods for humans to consume.
It is one thing when industries cut corners and produce inferior products for a to use, but then it is another thing when that product is something that we eat and that we feed our children. When it comes to animals, and how we get our food, there needs to be more than just profit to consider. Not only do we have to worry about our own health and how the process may affect the food we eat, but we also have to think about the animals. Animals are kept in inhumane living conditions just so that we can produce food at a cheaper price. More people can be fed at a lower cost when using factory farming, but it may not be worth the harm it causes the animals, our environment, and possibly our food.
The Effects of Factory Farming on Human Life Aline M. Hayes DeVry University The Effects of Factory Farming on Human Life A lot of consumers who purchase food items from the supermarket to feed themselves or their families are not concerned with how the products they purchase will affect them or their loved ones. Some people are completely unaware of how the meats they consume are processed and manufactured. Some individuals who purchase a fresh hot meal from a fast food restaurant or cook a nice home cooked meal don’t have an inkling about where they foods they consume come from. A lot of individuals are under the impression that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) operates in the best interest of the consumer. Over the years, the decline of family farms and increase of factory farming has caused harmful effects on human life.
Meat and Milk Factories After reading “Meat and Milk Factories” by Peter Singer and Jim Mason I realized since 1975, pigs have been a major influence in the meat industry to farmers as well as factories. They are used in terms of “farrowing, feeding, and gestating,” all to be processed in meat factories. (Peter Singer and Jim Mason”) However, does that necessarily mean that the way in which these inculpable animals are being treated is ethical and will change? Pigs are treated with unfair cruelty and it has been going on since the late 20th century. In addition, there is no underlying doubt that American consumers will not change their eating habits that they have had for centuries, to justify the safekeeping of pigs.
Jessica Hall ENG 140 6/19/2012 Week 7 Assignment “Meat and Milk Factories” by Peter Singer and Jim Mason In the essay “Meat and Milk Factories,” Peter Singer and Jim Mason discuss the cruel treatment of animals, which is inflicted to them by their caretakers. Although several farmers simply refused to talk to Singer and Mason, a select few invited the duo to their farms. Singer and Mason visited these particular “ranches,” which were located throughout the United States, and collected information on the issues from each of them. The effects of their tours were atrocious. There are many instances throughout the essay when they detail the poor treatment of pigs and cows in the US.
It’s time that the truth is heard about what we are putting into our bodies, and what is being hidden from us by the food industry. The United States has grown so much in the food industry from the past. One of the industries which accounts for most of the market in the US is the meat packing industry. The top 5 meat industries controlled 25% of the market back in 1970, and now that number has risen to an outstanding 80% of the market (“100 Days of Real Food”). This is indeed a great accomplishment for our country; however what is the secret behind these companies success?
In Animal Farm, the quarry where the stones are retrieved is found close to the construction site; this enables the animals to carry the stones up the quarry and to the construction site. Also, the corner of the field where the retired animals rest is never shown. This too makes the viewer think the pigs are even more pitiless; if there was more of the field, more can be grown and the pigs would earn more money for themselves. The animals would have to work until their death. In the novella, this land is laid aside for the senior animals, but later is used for growth of barley for beer.
“All factory farming systems are designed to make more money from more animals. Instead of hired hands, the factory farmer employs pumps, fans, switches, slated or wire floors, and automatic feeding and watering hardware” (Suzworksy). This is where the uncaring and competiveness kicks in. Farm animals within factory farms do not have any space to move around, some actually develop pressure sores from sitting too long or rubbing against their cages because they have no other options. Another result from being pinned up in these cages with no room is frustration.