{"id":519723,"date":"2010-04-07T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.reallynatural.com,2010:\/\/2.2564"},"modified":"2010-04-07T11:57:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:57:40","slug":"really-natural-books-animal-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/519723","title":{"rendered":"Really Natural Books:  Animal Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object height=\"340\" width=\"560\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UO5_53f0-xs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UO5_53f0-xs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"340\" width=\"560\"><\/object><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312380585?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=reallynatural-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0312380585\">Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment<\/a><\/em> by David Kirby is an eye-opening, informative account of how factory farming is negatively affecting our health and environment.  I have not read this book cover to cover at the time of this review, but I am very impressed at its thoroughness and message.  \n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Animal Factory<\/strong> is a thoroughly-researched piece of investigative journalism, in which Kirby sets out to approach factory farms differently from &#8216;Fast Food Nation&#8217; or &#8216;Eating Animals&#8217;. As his powerful and provocative books shows, the supermarket price of milk, pork, steak and chicken do not reflect the actual costs of mass-producing meat and dairy, which are passed on the to surrounding communities, including:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Airborne feces sprayed by farms, covering neighboring homes, fields, and towns<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Recalls of dangerous meats, fruits, and vegetables caused by farm pathogens<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Increasing public health crises, including asthma and MRSA infection, and possibly swine flu and leukemia and other cancers in communities adjacent to these farms<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>High levels of feces and nitrates in public water supplies near these farms.  The New York Times recently reported that &#8220;19.5 million Americans fall ill each year from drinking water contaminated with parasites, bacteria or viruses.&#8221; (9\/15\/09)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Massive fish kills in local waters from pig and cow manure lagoon spills<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Immense costs to clean up hazardous farms, absorbed by taxpayers or individual farmers, rather than by the corporations that profit from such practices<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Dead zones spreading miles out to sea, where marine life is suffocated by algae growth stimulated in part by factory farm pollution<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nIn <strong>Animal Factory<\/strong>, Kirby follows three American families in different regions of the US, whose lives have been utterly changed by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. Weaving complex science, politics, business, and the lives of everyday people, Kirby documents a crisis that has reached a critical juncture in the history of human health and our larger global environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nI like how Kirby tracks factory farms affect on families, as it gives a human touch to a story that is truly overwhelming to contemplate.<\/p>\n<p>As a vegetarian, my life is still affected by factory animal farms.  No one is immune. We must support local, traditional farms as consumers to really bring about change, as well as make sure our politicians are aware of the consequences of factory farming. Anyone that has visited or driven by a large factory farm, like Harris Ranch on I-5 in California, knows, the situation is not good for animals or humans. <\/p>\n<p>\nDisclosure: I was sent free samples of these products to review. No<br \/>\nprior assurances were given as to whether the review be positive or<br \/>\nnegative.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8GvvFmzE_pYddX1qU2bWfwlNP50\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8GvvFmzE_pYddX1qU2bWfwlNP50\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8GvvFmzE_pYddX1qU2bWfwlNP50\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8GvvFmzE_pYddX1qU2bWfwlNP50\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment by David Kirby is an eye-opening, informative account of how factory farming is negatively affecting our health and environment. 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