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factory-farmed (mainly British, American) factory farming - a system for producing eggs, meat, and milk quickly and cheaply by keeping animals in small closed areas and giving them food which makes them grow quickly. Factory-farmed chickens contain a lot of fat because they're kept indoors and don't get any exercise. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While organic eggs are certainly better for the environment than regular factory-farmed eggs, they (like most animal products) are still an environmentally inefficient way of obtaining food. The one issue clearly missing is the plight of the nine billion factory-farmed animals killed each year, largely for the fast food industry. According to Sierra Club scientist Navis Bermudez, "More than half of the antibiotics fed to factory-farmed animals to compensate for crowded conditions are identical, or nearly identical, to the ones doctors rely on for treating sick people. |
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