Poor Factory Farming Is Contributing to E. Coli Illness,...

The meat and poultry industry is the largest segment of U.S. agriculture. This contributes to the high number of production of meat in the industry. Americans eat meat, eggs and drink milk frequently, but that doesn’t make it good for us. Factory farming is the main issue as to why the way food is processed isn’t good for humans to consume. Animals in factory farming are trained to grow faster than the average animal so that the portions of the food they produce are larger. These animals are sprayed and fed with harmful pesticides and antibiotics. These harmful substances are then passed on from the animal bodies for humans to consume. The way animals are processed is a major problem in the fast food industry. In fact, it is my contention†¦show more content†¦The natural environment also suffers in many ways from factory-farming practices. Factory farming causes air pollutions because of the large amounts of greenhouse gases it produces. Not only is greenhouse gases a contributing factor to Earths pollutants but the waste from animals also serves a purpose. The process of breaking down these animals’ wastes also contributes to air pollution. Animal manure and urine are stored in lagoons, toxic gases such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and methane are released from these lagoons, and when emitted they can pollute the air and effect human health. Therefore factory farming contributes to air pollution which negatively affects humans and the earth. When it comes to agriculture the role of animals is very important because of the nutrients they recycle and the food they provide so, shouldn’t animals be treated as humans are treated, protected from suffering? When you hear the words spouse abuse or child abuse, abuse is a word that most Americans are common with. Factory farming is a type of abuse that most people aren’t common with. In effort to grow food from animals as cheaply and quickly as possible, animals are packed into farming warehouses where they have no access to outside or fresh air. They aren’t able to do things naturally or things that are important to them. Instead animals of factory farms are constantly under