factory farms

This documentary "exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production ... In the U.S. and elsewhere, the industry is dominated by dangerous uses of arsenic, antibiotics and growth hormones and also by the dumping of massive amounts of sewage in fragile waterways affecting the nearby towns and its citizens. This film documents the vast catastrophic impact on the environment and public health, as well as focuses on the individual lives damaged and destroyed"--Container.

Explores questions related to animal rights, discussing the status of animals in relation to people, whether animals should have legal rights, and the ethics of using animals for food, and for experimentation.

"The story of factory farmers, rescued farm animals, and rural communities standing up to big corporations and constructing their own new world that will change the way we eat"--.

Examines the meat packing industry, particularly pork, and discusses how the demand for increased production has had an impact on the cost to animals, humans, and the environment.

Examines the ethical questions surrounding the production of beef, poultry, pork, milk, and eggs, describing the often horrifying conditions the animals are kept in before being slaughtered, and encourages people to begin promoting compassion for farm animals and refusing to buy animal products from farms that treat their animals badly.

Explores questions related to animal rights, discussing the status of animals in relation to people, whether animals should have legal rights, and the ethics of using animals for food, and for experimentation.

Fifteen essays discuss viewpoints on the necessity, humanity, and safety of factory farms.

After being laid off from her job, the author decides to volunteer on an organic dairy farm in Canada. She is shocked by the cows' treatment and living conditions at an "organic" farm, and sets out to investigate other commercial farms around the world where chickens, pigs, and sheep are raised and slaughtered. What she finds calls her to action, and she suggests ways readers can encourage change.

Draws on interviews with line workers, hog farmers, union leaders, politicians, and activists to examine the history of food production in American meat-processing plants, with an emphasis on the production of Spam, and discusses how a focus on maintaining the production chain's speed has lead to increased accidents, unsafe food, and inhumane conditions.