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Jenni MacLean
Jenni MacLean
Livestock meat farming or production has changed significantly over the years. With increased populations and more demand, agriculture has begun to need much larger supplies of meat to ship out and provide. Shifts in the industry have resulted in more, smaller, and more dangerous feeding operations to produce an excess of meat versus older, more traditional, smaller and family-owned farming businesses. Change in the meat industry comes with associated damages (inflation, animal endangerment), but these changes were necessary due to environmental growth and the Earth's demand for product to feed its ci
One method of meat production uses the concept of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO). This method concentrates on mass space conservation and having the most animals per area of land owned. CAFOs work by species of animal, how many individual animals are present, and how waste or pollution from each enter the water supply. All major meat industries (beef, lamb, poultry...) use CAFOs.
There are pros and cons in using CAFO farming. Job opportunities are aplenty, costs are lowered for consumers, and it is possible for farmers to have more than one species in one farm separated by pens. However, CAFOs cause a lot of pollutants and are widely considered to be torturous/dangerous for the animals they raise. Conditions inside them are unfavorable and can lead to issues with the animal's health.
🎥 Watch: AP Environmental Science - Agricultural Practices III
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Jenni MacLean
Jenni MacLean
Livestock meat farming or production has changed significantly over the years. With increased populations and more demand, agriculture has begun to need much larger supplies of meat to ship out and provide. Shifts in the industry have resulted in more, smaller, and more dangerous feeding operations to produce an excess of meat versus older, more traditional, smaller and family-owned farming businesses. Change in the meat industry comes with associated damages (inflation, animal endangerment), but these changes were necessary due to environmental growth and the Earth's demand for product to feed its ci
One method of meat production uses the concept of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO). This method concentrates on mass space conservation and having the most animals per area of land owned. CAFOs work by species of animal, how many individual animals are present, and how waste or pollution from each enter the water supply. All major meat industries (beef, lamb, poultry...) use CAFOs.
There are pros and cons in using CAFO farming. Job opportunities are aplenty, costs are lowered for consumers, and it is possible for farmers to have more than one species in one farm separated by pens. However, CAFOs cause a lot of pollutants and are widely considered to be torturous/dangerous for the animals they raise. Conditions inside them are unfavorable and can lead to issues with the animal's health.
🎥 Watch: AP Environmental Science - Agricultural Practices III
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