Revealing the Problem with Factory Farming

Farm Animals Need Our Help

In polling, 94% of Americans agree that animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty. Yet the majority of the nearly 10 billion land-based animals, plus countless more aquatic animals, farmed for food each year in the U.S. are suffering on factory farms.

Factory Farms

“Factory farm” is a term commonly used to describe an industrial facility that raises large numbers of farm animals such as pigs, chickens or cows in intensive confinement where their movements are extremely inhibited. Animals are kept in cages or crates, or are crowded together in pens. These types of farms are sometimes referred to as concentrated or confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

View the major sources of animal suffering on factory farms

Factory Farming Hurts Animals

Animals on industrial farms endure unimaginable cruelty, some in enclosures so crowded they can’t turn around. Many never see the sunlight or graze on fresh grass.

Factory Farming Hurts Our Environment

Raising so many animals in confinement is a significant contributor to air and water pollution, and it directly impacts climate change.

Working walking between rows of chickens in factory farm

Factory Farming Hurts People

Pollution, poor working conditions, cutthroat practices, and a vicious contract system put people—farmers, farm workers and regular citizens alike—in danger.