Introduction to Agriculture

Introduction to Agriculture

Wikipedia states that “Industrial agriculture is a term used to describe a set of controversial practices in large scale, intensive agriculture, usually refers to industrial production of livestock, poultry and fish. The methods are designed to use economies of scale to produce better performance  at lower cost. “

At first glance, you can not help but notice an attractive terms of this definition, as “controversial practice,” intensive agriculture “and” industrial production “, words that certainly evokes a powerful set of images. But more important than these is the  sentence: “.  …  Use economies of scale to produce the best performance at the lowest possible cost “And what does it mean in the sense of a discussion about pets? Enough for owners, developers and managers of farms, to whose care home to hundreds of millions of livestock, only one  concern in mind, a goal that brings -! bottom line The animals themselves have no value beyond its ability to far from the support of farmers and the caregiver in question as our “produce the best performance at lower cost.” meat and dairy products were not obtained in more  than a few years.

No, actually.  What happens today is in no way meant disruption to agriculture.  With the exception of a few surviving family farms, our production of meat and dairy completely dominated by large companies.  As creatures whose lives are owned and controlled by agribusiness, are considered as mere commodities, food machines if you like.  And in pursuit of greater profits, the treatment of these animals more and more barbaric.

In this moment, countless animals have feelings and sensitivity exactly the same as your dog or cat is forced into a life of suffering and chronic pain.  The pigs spend most of their lives confined in small wire cages known as “gestation crates” where the place does not turn itself around.  The calves are raised in small cages called “veal crates” where, throughout his life, which is linked in the neck to prevent stretching, lying down comfortably or turn around, which inhibits muscle development and seek their meat more tender.  Laying hens spend their lives crammed with groups of four or five others in “cages” where they are not allowed enough space to walk or stretch their wings.  And, sadly enough, these practices are just the tip of the iceberg!

Factory farms have taken root in our economy without limits, and so far in the movement to get rid of this cancer gains sufficient momentum, the other means available to protect animals.  At least they should work to provide a relatively decent standard of living for them.

Proponents of industrial agriculture, of course, say and do anything to defend their “business as usual” position.  Advocacy groups that support and protect these interests are many and powerful.  Would you believe that the arguments against them are extremists and alarmists, that animals are not really about who gets treatment, or that the task of feeding a hungry population must outweigh the feelings of animals.

My answer is simply that you have to decide for themselves what is right and what is evil, or whether treatment of animals should be considered and to what extent.  Please take the time to learn about what is happening in this country for the sake of corporate profits at the expense of the welfare of defenseless people, who, of all things, we seek to control