Industrial Chicken Farming

A short clip created for the UMass Sustainable Agriculture class on how industrial chickens are raised.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• industrial
• animal
• agriculture

[jgerber123]

You are right about that.... chickens lose. It is a decision we all have to make,isn't it? I really respect people who do their homework and make informed decisions. Thanks for your post.

[smlfree]

Never, never buy chicken or any kind of animal that is "grown" like this. Compare Mr. & Mrs. Fox to Cindy Taylor at Cincott Nursery (utube video "Raising Chickens for Eggs" by goosmedia. Unlike the Foxes, Cindy actually has some understanding of the animals she's raising. Shame on the Foxes for participating in this industrial farming system. Mrs. Fox is clueless, but watch Mr. Fox's face -- he knows how bad all of this is.

Vote with your dollars. Don't buy industrially farmed food.

[TheBuffaloChicken]

How about half the numbers in the houses open the doors and give them a better life? I'll pay more!

[gamblegambit]

Mmm meat.

[BeMyKpop]

@SmashedUpFetus mhmm not at all

[SmashedUpFetus]

@BeMyKpop sure, this couple here talk alot about the food aid we give to North Korea, its clearly the number one reason they took up industrial farming, to help North Koreans. I can tell this couple really care about starving people in East Asia. Not to worry, that 7.2 million dollars is more than compensated for by the amount of food poor, starving Americans put in the trash every year, and it's not like Americans eat more meat than they need to on a daily basis, not at all.

[BeMyKpop]

@SmashedUpFetus You sure about that? we give about 7.2 million dollars worth of food aid to North Korean families every year. Made possible by mass production. The reason why they mass produce in the first place is because there is always the demand for it. And the reason why there is always demand, is because we don't want to starve

[SmashedUpFetus]

@BeMyKpop yeah, because the industrial farming industry is definitely all about the eradication of world hunger, and definitely not about making as much money as possible, as quickly as possible

[canadamonster]

hell on earth

[Auss3Natasha]

When I go to a farmer's market, I talk to the people. I have met the chickens whose eggs I eat. One farm has a grand total of 97 birds. Not a factory. They eat vegatation, scraps from plants, bugs, and as a treat, various grains. Yes, the eggs are $5/doz. Factory farm eggs at Whole Foods are about $4/doz. Big whoop!

[mrhempoilsoldier]

this lady is either really really dumb or lieing her ass off

both i think

[TheHippieEater]

It's not even about the chickens at this point. It's about the fact that the more steroid/antibiotic pumped foods we feed to our kids, the sooner they hit puberity (which is just wrong) and the less resistance their body has to certain diseases and sicknesses.

[NitroxideHS]

growth hormones