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Factory Farms Explained

Modern Farmer

Factory farming is a colloquial term, one meant to evoke the mechanized and impersonal nature of the process—although the phrase itself is somewhat vague. A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units.”An The largest of these CAFOs hold tens of thousands of animals in one place. Photography via Shutterstock.

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