When many Americans think of farm animals, they picture cattle munching grass on rolling pastures, chickens pecking on the ground outside of picturesque red barns, and pigs gobbling down food at the trough.
Over the last 50 years, the way food animals are raised and fed has changed dramatically - to the detriment of both animals and humans. Many people are surprised to find that most of the food animals in the United States are no longer raised on farms at all. Instead they come from crowded animal factories, also known as large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Just like other factories, animal factories are constantly searching for ways to shave their costs. To save money, they've redefined what constitutes animal feed, with little consideration of what is best for the animals or for human health. As a result, many of the ingredients used in feed these days are not the kind of food the animals are designed by nature to eat.
Just take a look at what's being fed to the animals you eat.
* Same Species Meat
* Diseased Animals
* Feathers, Hair, Skin, Hooves, and Blood
* Manure and Other Animal Waste
* Plastics
* Drugs and Chemicals
* Unhealthy Amounts of Grains[more . . . from the Union of Concerned Scientists]
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