Factory Farming
Noah Panepinto
What is factory farming?
Why does it matter?
Hog Farming
[1]
18%
As many hog farms in Iowa in 2007 compared to
1982
193%
1078%
More hogs sold in Iowa in 2007 compared to
1982
More hogs sold per farm in Iowa in 2007
compared to 1982
Chicken Farming
[2]
1,000,000,000
Chickens grown for meat in the United States at
any time in 2012
80%
3,500
That is the amount of growth over the past 15
years
That is how many more chickens were being
grown every hour over those 15 years
Dairy Farming
[3]
225,000,000,000
Litres of manure produced by dairy cows in the
United States in 2018 (estimate)
32,000
250,000
Kilometers of rivers polluted in the United States
as of 2013 by dairy farms
Acres of lakes polluted in the United States as of
2013 by dairy farms
What do all of those number actually mean?
Are there any solutions?
Vegetarianism/Veganism:
[4]
Anything else?
Plant based proteins:
[5]
Lab grown Meat:
[6]
Wrap up:
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Modern farming is very dangerous for our planet and us too.
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The current growth rates are wholly unsustainable.
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Multiple solutions are popping up all around us.
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Time is running out on our opportunity to change.
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We as a society need to choose to make that change soon.
And that’s the
end.
[1]USDA NASS. 1982 Census of Agriculture. Geographic
Area Series—Iowa. AC82-A-15. May 1984 at Table 20 at 16;
2012 Census of Agriculture. State Data at Table 12 at 361
[2]“Factory Farm Nation.” Foodandwaterwatch, 2015,
Thanks For
Listening To My
Presentation
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/factory-far
m-nation-report-may-2015.pdf.
[3]EPA. Water Quality Assessment and Total Maximum
And For Putting Up With The Generic
Clip Art
Daily Loads Information. Database available at
www.epa.gov/waters/ir/. Accessed July 2013.
[4]AsapSCIENCE. “What If The World Went Vegetarian?”
YouTube, 24 March. 2016,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANUoAdXfA60.
[5]A&W, “A&W | The Beyond Meat Burger”
YouTube, 16 July. 2018,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_HuOl9xsUg
[6]Eater, “The Meat of the Future: How Lab-Grown Meat Is
Made”
YouTube, 2 Oct 2015,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u468xY1T8fw
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