Abstract

Tatiana Willis


Factory farming in America hasn’t always been recognized, but over the years people have been making a stand more than ever. For example the KFC scandal, where People found out that KFC a popular chicken fast food restaurant uses factory farmed chicken. They also found that these chickens were being mistreated by the workers who threw them against walls and stomped on the animals as well. Also a common theme with factory farms is the fact that the animals are in a very cluttered living condition where they die and do not have enough room to move. With this evidence at stake people who care did not want to support a company where chickens were being mistreated. This also goes for any other company who used companies that committed animal abuse, risk of health, and environmental pollution. These factory farms that we hear about today all started in the 1920’s. For the reasons of the discovery of vitamin D and A .They discovered with these vitamins that they helped animals grow. Doing this without sun or outside activities which left farmers more time to keep producing the produce they were making profit off of. Thus began factory farming a great step in feeding the nation for cheaper and giving people enough to eat. With factory farming comes a negative side, such as health risk, animal abuse, and mental problems.

When it comes to the laws there is a couple of things to go off of. Lots of the laws in place right now are all about animal space and the way they are being brought up. In Arizona the people voted that pigs need to be able to turn around at least and that is law. Other regulations are on horses and cows where they must be able to get out and walk around when on long trips. Also people of California have voted that pregnant pigs and baby calfs cannot be held in certain cages while at that state. As far as laws trying to be passed recently was the one saying that factory farms and farms have to report how much toxic waste they produce to the government. These farms would also have to use methods to protect citizens and the nation as well. As for solutions to factory farming is petitioning, sending letters to the senators that speak for you to change the law, and using your voice to speak out about factory farming and what they do. Another option is becoming vegetarian which can help significantly reduce the need for all the animals they kill a year in inhumane ways. If you can’t do that buying food from farms that do not treat their animals and the environment in a inhumane way is also very good.