Swine flu and factory farming

The current swine flu (H1N1) virus was created by the overcrowded, unsanitary conditions that prevail in corporate factory farms.

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[ccher9]

he's right on, thank you for the video.

[RhyNewService]

You're welcome. Interestingly, it was shot at a Mass Audubon Society farm, but after seeing it, they asked me to remove their name from the video. As jaymrob99 points out, there is a large segment of US population and industry that sees nothing wrong with factory farming. I respectfully disagree, and oppose eating all meat on humanitarian, not economic, grounds.Seeing how animals suffer in factory farms is unbearable! Go veg!

[thestarduster]

Free range farming does work. Shelter etc can be built for the pigs to avoid frostbit ears and the extreme heat of summer. Providing food at a reasonable cost is not really the issue...free range meat over here is not even that much more expensive...it is the fact people are so greedy and want to eat meat 3 times a day every day of the week instead of seeing it for what it always used to be viewed as...a luxury. Economics seem to come before treating animals with a bit of humanity.

[jaymrob99]

We keep swine in confinement because it gives us the ability to control the enviroment so they do not have to feel the extreme heat of summer or the bitterness of winter. I have worked in outside hog lots before and I have seen frostbit ears. Is that what you want? I guess it would be more natural if I were to turn predators loose inside my barns to let them kill off pigs. At what point would you be happy???

[jaymrob99]

Its about providing safe food at a reasonable cost. We as americans spend the smallest percentage of our income on food compaired to other countries. Our food is also safe. Go buy food in mexico and i'll bet you wouldn't find the same qaulity that has the same standards of production that we have here.

[thestarduster]

Lol...you think I have my opinion because I have seen "a few peta videos"? I have seen a lot more footage than that and seen factory farms in the flesh. Clearly the priority of factory farming is money, which, from an economical point of view, cramping pigs together is great. However, pigs are not objects, they are living creatures and keeping them in confinement all for the sake of someone's tastebuds is pretty disgraceful.

[jaymrob99]

The animals in which I raise are the greatest asset that we have. If they are not comfortable and well cared for they will not reach thier potential for production. So we work to fulfil thier every need. If that is morally backrupt then I guess I'm guilty as charged!!!

[jaymrob99]

That is your opinion and you have a right to that. I don't believe your are correct. I have worked in animal agriculture for the last 16 years. I graduated from college with a degree in Swine production and managment. While you think you may understand what goes on inside a modern facility because you have watched a few peta videos on the internet I would still believe that I would have a bit more knowledge on the subject on how to properly and morally raise livestock in a modern swine barn.

[thestarduster]

referring*

[thestarduster]

Jaymrob, if you are refering to factory farming in your post, it is hardly a "safe" and "wholesome" practice. Please tell me how keeping pigs shoved in stalls for their entire life or pigs kept cramped up in pens is a decent way to get food.

Factory farming is for the morally bankrupt, in my opinion.