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Factory Farms Explained

Modern Farmer

That’s how a farmer who used to work for Perdue described his chicken house—a sight so upsetting that it led him to transition out of this kind of work, often referred to as “factory farming.” Rationalized as a way to feed more people, large CAFOs are pervasive in our food system. A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units.”An

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