Factory farms fatten cows, pigs and chicken quickly. ... The beef cattle my great-grandfather had are a far cry from cattle I know, thanks to genetic enhancement and improved efficiencies.

A factory farm (only) needs to have 500 beef cattle, 500 dairy cows, sell 500,000 chickens annually or house 100,00 egg-laying chickens (Factory Farm Nation 2015).

Beef is tied to my cultural identity through its complicated history. Could the daughter of a cattle rancher ever let it go?

3) Unnatural feed. Animals on factory farms are fed cheap by-products. This can include garbage, waste, you name it. So you, in turn, are also eating bits of these by-products.

Installing live weighing services in beef factories has been “brushed under the carpet” according to Eamon Corley of Beef ...

In 2002, Glenn moved to St. Croix, where he helped found the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute, a working farm centered around research, education and local food production and distribution.