ADDITIONAL RESEARCH SOURCES
Interested in learning more about factory farming? Browse through these sources!
-Factory-Farming.Com. SBI. 30 May 2014. http://www.factoryfarming.com/factory_farming.html.
FACTORY-FARMING.COM is a website designed to inform upon almost every aspect of factory farming. The website thoroughly scrutinizes this topic with the use of multiple sub topics, including species, environment, health concerns, pathogens, global food crisis, and animal activists. Each sub topics is then given five to ten focus points, honing in on the details and specifics of each category. Over all, the information presented from FACTORY-FARMING.COM answers and informs about every subject evolving around factory farming.
The website FACTORY-FARMING .COM is great foundation for exploring factory farms. It provides an exceptional amount of information regarding every topic associated with these types of farms. It also offers suggestive reading, videos, and links to other websites to further expand on the material. A researcher could get anything he or she needed to know through this website.
-"Farm Animal Cruelty." ASPCA. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.aspca.org/fight-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty>.
http://www.aspca.org/fight-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty
ASPCA, standing for American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is a very well-known organization. This portion of its website informs viewers of factory farms with an emphasis on standard practices and environment and human health damages. The site starts with introducing factory farming. It defines this farming style and describes the major facts about the industry and the scene. When depicting the emphasis of the page the standard practices are laid out in list form, primarily defining the unnatural conditions the animals are forced to live in. The environment and human health damages are presented in paragraph form explaining the pollutants and disease possibilities factory farm possesses. This information was a quick and easy informative article provided by and expert organization, ASPCA.
When researching factory farming this is a great source to use. The information is given by a well-known and trusted organization, and the material is presented in an easy and direct manner. This site also provides additional pages to look at, especially on more specialized and specific points of factory farming. Overall, this is a great resource for accurate and quick basic information of factory farming.
-"Farm Sanctuary." Farm Sanctuary. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/>. http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/
The Farm Sanctuary website is a site dedicated to educate viewers on factory farms. The home page states the ideology of farms today to be inaccurate as farms no longer have the 50’s charm but a corporate and factory scene. The home page also declares factory farms to have food production domination in the U.S., abusive practices, and damage done to human health, the environment, communities, and animal welfare. The site then offers thirteen links, each of specific points, to further indulge in the truths of today’s farming style.
Farm Sanctuary exploits many topics correlated to factory farming in great detail, proving to be a very useful source. The site offers a home page that states basic and broad knowledge about factory farming any researcher would find beneficial. If the researcher is investigating a more specific point about the topic, the site offers that as well in a very organized and easy fashion. The website is very user friendly and whatever one is looking for would be found.
-"What Came Before: Steve-O Tells The Truth About Factory Farming." YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9cbkwV_S9o
In the web video, “What came before: Steve-O tells the truth about factory farming,” debuting on YouTube in May of 2013, host Steve Glover, describes the reality of factory farms. He informs upon four types of factory farming; hog, poultry, beef and fish. For each farm, Glover gives the associated species human characteristics and educates the viewers with pleasing facts about that specie. With three of the four types of factory farms he single’s out and identifies a specific animal. Each animal is presented with a name and story of how they were saved from these farms. Glover then articulates the lives these animals entailed and forecasts their futures, had they not been saved. When doing this he emphasizes the cruelty, terror, and pain these animals face daily.
This video is a really good source to watch when becoming informed of factory farms. It gives great footage of the practices this farming style uses and will hit your emotions hard. The video also gives good information of several different species of these farms. It provides truth in a harsh and timely manner and will leave one feeling well informed of the subject.
FACTORY-FARMING.COM is a website designed to inform upon almost every aspect of factory farming. The website thoroughly scrutinizes this topic with the use of multiple sub topics, including species, environment, health concerns, pathogens, global food crisis, and animal activists. Each sub topics is then given five to ten focus points, honing in on the details and specifics of each category. Over all, the information presented from FACTORY-FARMING.COM answers and informs about every subject evolving around factory farming.
The website FACTORY-FARMING .COM is great foundation for exploring factory farms. It provides an exceptional amount of information regarding every topic associated with these types of farms. It also offers suggestive reading, videos, and links to other websites to further expand on the material. A researcher could get anything he or she needed to know through this website.
-"Farm Animal Cruelty." ASPCA. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.aspca.org/fight-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty>.
http://www.aspca.org/fight-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty
ASPCA, standing for American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is a very well-known organization. This portion of its website informs viewers of factory farms with an emphasis on standard practices and environment and human health damages. The site starts with introducing factory farming. It defines this farming style and describes the major facts about the industry and the scene. When depicting the emphasis of the page the standard practices are laid out in list form, primarily defining the unnatural conditions the animals are forced to live in. The environment and human health damages are presented in paragraph form explaining the pollutants and disease possibilities factory farm possesses. This information was a quick and easy informative article provided by and expert organization, ASPCA.
When researching factory farming this is a great source to use. The information is given by a well-known and trusted organization, and the material is presented in an easy and direct manner. This site also provides additional pages to look at, especially on more specialized and specific points of factory farming. Overall, this is a great resource for accurate and quick basic information of factory farming.
-"Farm Sanctuary." Farm Sanctuary. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/>. http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/
The Farm Sanctuary website is a site dedicated to educate viewers on factory farms. The home page states the ideology of farms today to be inaccurate as farms no longer have the 50’s charm but a corporate and factory scene. The home page also declares factory farms to have food production domination in the U.S., abusive practices, and damage done to human health, the environment, communities, and animal welfare. The site then offers thirteen links, each of specific points, to further indulge in the truths of today’s farming style.
Farm Sanctuary exploits many topics correlated to factory farming in great detail, proving to be a very useful source. The site offers a home page that states basic and broad knowledge about factory farming any researcher would find beneficial. If the researcher is investigating a more specific point about the topic, the site offers that as well in a very organized and easy fashion. The website is very user friendly and whatever one is looking for would be found.
-"What Came Before: Steve-O Tells The Truth About Factory Farming." YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9cbkwV_S9o
In the web video, “What came before: Steve-O tells the truth about factory farming,” debuting on YouTube in May of 2013, host Steve Glover, describes the reality of factory farms. He informs upon four types of factory farming; hog, poultry, beef and fish. For each farm, Glover gives the associated species human characteristics and educates the viewers with pleasing facts about that specie. With three of the four types of factory farms he single’s out and identifies a specific animal. Each animal is presented with a name and story of how they were saved from these farms. Glover then articulates the lives these animals entailed and forecasts their futures, had they not been saved. When doing this he emphasizes the cruelty, terror, and pain these animals face daily.
This video is a really good source to watch when becoming informed of factory farms. It gives great footage of the practices this farming style uses and will hit your emotions hard. The video also gives good information of several different species of these farms. It provides truth in a harsh and timely manner and will leave one feeling well informed of the subject.
-"11 Facts About Animals and
Factory Farms." DoSomething.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2014.
<https://beta.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-animals-and-factory-farms>.
https://beta.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-animals-and-factory-farms
This webpage gives eleven very broad and wide range facts about factory farms and the animals involved in this industry
This page is useful for someone who is interested in very quick, very broad information in an immediate approach. I found most of the facts valuable for my purposes but if a person is interested in more structure and more specific information I would not recommend this page as it has bluntly placed random facts about the topic.
This webpage gives eleven very broad and wide range facts about factory farms and the animals involved in this industry
This page is useful for someone who is interested in very quick, very broad information in an immediate approach. I found most of the facts valuable for my purposes but if a person is interested in more structure and more specific information I would not recommend this page as it has bluntly placed random facts about the topic.
-"Factory Farm Map." Factory Farm Map. N.p., n.d. Web.
28 Apr. 2014. http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/#animal:all;location:US;year:2007
Factory farm map’s website highlights maps and graphs to educate viewers on factory farms. These graphics represent locations of these farms in the U.S., average number of animals per farm, and the total number of animals in the U.S. They also provide brief information on factory farm effects on human health, communities and farms, consumers, food and safety, and animal welfare.
The visuals on this website proved worthy because it gave information most other websites lacked. The site gives lots of information and facts though many clickable components letting exploration and information presented to be different. There is so much information to be found on this website and it’s fun to discover it through the page.
-"Meat.org | The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See." Meat.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.meat.org/index.aspx?c=gwembed1209>. http://www.meat.org/index.aspx?c=gwembed1209
Meat.org is a website with only one short video on it. The video is narrated by Paul McCartney and expresses the grueling truth about factory farms. It provides lots of footage of animal abuse and information regarding the many different factory farmed species and the conditions the animals live in. The meaning behind the video is to promote a vegetarian lifestyle.
This video is very useful when researching this topic. It not only provides information but gives pictures and videos to prove the information at hand. It represents the truth and will strike one’s emotions. It’s a really good source to put information and visuals together to get a full understanding of factory farms.
Factory farm map’s website highlights maps and graphs to educate viewers on factory farms. These graphics represent locations of these farms in the U.S., average number of animals per farm, and the total number of animals in the U.S. They also provide brief information on factory farm effects on human health, communities and farms, consumers, food and safety, and animal welfare.
The visuals on this website proved worthy because it gave information most other websites lacked. The site gives lots of information and facts though many clickable components letting exploration and information presented to be different. There is so much information to be found on this website and it’s fun to discover it through the page.
-"Meat.org | The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See." Meat.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.meat.org/index.aspx?c=gwembed1209>. http://www.meat.org/index.aspx?c=gwembed1209
Meat.org is a website with only one short video on it. The video is narrated by Paul McCartney and expresses the grueling truth about factory farms. It provides lots of footage of animal abuse and information regarding the many different factory farmed species and the conditions the animals live in. The meaning behind the video is to promote a vegetarian lifestyle.
This video is very useful when researching this topic. It not only provides information but gives pictures and videos to prove the information at hand. It represents the truth and will strike one’s emotions. It’s a really good source to put information and visuals together to get a full understanding of factory farms.
-"FarmAid." Factory Farms - Farm Aid. N.p., n.d. Web. 26
Apr. 2014. http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723715/k.852A/Factory_Farms.htm?msource=adwords&gclid=CIaup7mK_70CFY0-MgodCTsABQ
The farm aid website specifically set a page aside for factory farms. This page educates viewers on the downfalls of these farms including health, and local economic problems. It also informs on history of their growth in the farming industry, and how these farms affect family farms. Finally, the page addresses farm aid’s mission to rebuild an effective family farm based agriculture system.
This source is very beneficial for research purposes. I found it extremely useful because every other source’s main focus is the animal cruelty portion of factory farming while this site looked more into the economics and history of the topic. It’s a refreshing examination of factory farming and provided new information for the topic.
-“Factory Farming.” Farm Forward. Web. 26 Apr. 2014.
http://www.farmforward.com/farming-forward/factory-farming
This source, farm forward depicts factory farming through many issues. The site shows how this industry is greedy and enticed by saving a buck. It also explores the disgusting worker conditions and popular environmental organization’s stance and perspective about factory farming as they name it the largest pollutants on the planet. Farm forward then recognizes the factory farmed species human characteristic, emphasizing their good nature.
Farm forward is a worthy source to acknowledge when researching factory farming. The site offers information other than the grueling animal cruelty most other sources depend on and instead focuses on topics unrecognized by those sources. This site provides new information to take into account and to further look into.
-Leader, Jessica. "9 Facts About Factory Farming That Will Break Your Heart (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 17 Mar. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/factory-farming-facts_n_4063892.html
The Huffington post includes this article of factory farming. It briefs readers on this industry pertaining to the quality of the products and their dominance. It then includes nine facts with specific data and percentages of factory farming with an image for each fact.
This is a good source to recognize because it comes from a well-known and reliable source. It is also beneficial because it includes images with the facts it is laying out. I found it really useful given the notion that it provides precise information with statistics and facts that are worth further investigating.
The farm aid website specifically set a page aside for factory farms. This page educates viewers on the downfalls of these farms including health, and local economic problems. It also informs on history of their growth in the farming industry, and how these farms affect family farms. Finally, the page addresses farm aid’s mission to rebuild an effective family farm based agriculture system.
This source is very beneficial for research purposes. I found it extremely useful because every other source’s main focus is the animal cruelty portion of factory farming while this site looked more into the economics and history of the topic. It’s a refreshing examination of factory farming and provided new information for the topic.
-“Factory Farming.” Farm Forward. Web. 26 Apr. 2014.
http://www.farmforward.com/farming-forward/factory-farming
This source, farm forward depicts factory farming through many issues. The site shows how this industry is greedy and enticed by saving a buck. It also explores the disgusting worker conditions and popular environmental organization’s stance and perspective about factory farming as they name it the largest pollutants on the planet. Farm forward then recognizes the factory farmed species human characteristic, emphasizing their good nature.
Farm forward is a worthy source to acknowledge when researching factory farming. The site offers information other than the grueling animal cruelty most other sources depend on and instead focuses on topics unrecognized by those sources. This site provides new information to take into account and to further look into.
-Leader, Jessica. "9 Facts About Factory Farming That Will Break Your Heart (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 17 Mar. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/factory-farming-facts_n_4063892.html
The Huffington post includes this article of factory farming. It briefs readers on this industry pertaining to the quality of the products and their dominance. It then includes nine facts with specific data and percentages of factory farming with an image for each fact.
This is a good source to recognize because it comes from a well-known and reliable source. It is also beneficial because it includes images with the facts it is laying out. I found it really useful given the notion that it provides precise information with statistics and facts that are worth further investigating.