[Newstarget.com]
Public and environmental health is being severely threatened through
the institution of animal factory farming, which pollutes our water,
air, soil and even our bodies with harmful chemicals and pollutants.
Corporations now have taken over the practice of family farming and
have developed cost-saving mass-production strategies that are not
only dangerous to public health, but are also cruel to the animals
being processed.
Animal factories, also known as large confined animal feeding
operations (CAFOs), go against traditional farming practices by
treating the animal simply as a machine or production unit. These
farms are more like an assembly line system of animal harvesting than
anything resembling a genuine farm or ranch.
"Factory farming has taken the joy out of the lives of millions of
calves and pigs, and billions of hens; it has driven countless family
farmers off the land; it has polluted streams and rivers; it has
injected massive amounts of antibiotics and other drugs into the
public food supply resulting in serious health risks. It has lowered
food quality," says Christine Stevens, author of the book Factory
Farming, The Experiment That Failed.
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About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health researcher and author
with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the
power of nature to help us all heal He is a prolific writer and has
published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer
guides, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world
who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his
articles. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who
does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In
2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a maker of super bright LED light bulbs
that are 1000% more energy efficient than incandescent lights. He also
founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called
www.BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer
advocacy programs. He's also the CEO of a highly successful email
newsletter software company that develops software used to send
permission email campaigns to subscribers. Adams is currently the
executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3
non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography,
Capoeira and Pilates. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal
health statistics and mission statements are located at
www.HealthRanger.org
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