Factory Farming

[Guest guest]

"The worldwide spread of factory farming is increasing poverty and threatening

health, according to a report yesterday by Compassion in World Farming.

 

The report ["Detrimental Impacts of Industrial Animal Agriculture"] collated

for the first time data on livestock production in developing countries and

economic analysis from World Bank and UN reports. The animal welfare

organisation also examined figures on disease transmitted through food

production around the world.

 

It concluded that the "live stock revolution" was putting small farmers out of

business, thereby compromising developing countries' ability to feed

themselves, and leading to a global increase in antibiotic-resistant

infections. "

 

"Factory Farming 'spreading Disease Around The World', Felicity

Lawrence, consumer affairs correspondent, 08/21/02, The Guardian

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,778054,00.htm