▲ 491 ▼ Maybe this is better for everyone (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 444 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They literally do though? Have you ever seen a chicken farm? Or a mink farm? Or dozens of different examples of factory farming? A few dead animals don't matter if you can fit in 20x the amount of chickens in the same space permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago Not a mink farm but I've been to cow, goat, sheep, pig and chicken farms. You know what you get with 20x the herd in the same space? 200x the disease risk and 20x the loss when you have to cull the entire herd because the USDA started investigating why your cattle tested positive for [insert nastiness here]. Sick cattle are a great way to lose the farm that's been in the family for generations. Healthy cattle are how you give your kids the option to choose to continue farming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago Not a mink farm but I've been to cow, goat, sheep, pig and chicken farms. You know what you get with 20x the herd in the same space? 200x the disease risk and 20x the loss when you have to cull the entire herd because the USDA started investigating why your cattle tested positive for [insert nastiness here]. Sick cattle are a great way to lose the farm that's been in the family for generations. Healthy cattle are how you give your kids the option to choose to continue farming permalink fedilink source parent
