Our future health with industrial agriculture Have you ever tasted a hamburger or chicken sandwich and felt like it wasn't real or that something Was something just wrong? Industrial farming has today become our main means of producing our meat. Industrial agriculture does not provide anything healthy or natural, so what is at risk for our future? Our health is currently significantly affected by factory farming and will continue to be. Many diseases and cancers appearing today come from these factory-processed meats. A large part of our land is being decimated for the benefit of new industrial farms, thus creating significant pollution for our ecosystem. Animals are mistreated and forced to live in cages and small cells just for their meat. Why can factory farming still exist if it will only destroy our future? Livestock farming today has changed radically from what it used to be. Most livestock diets have become higher in grains and lower in grasses, but why? Simply put, animal husbandry is a large-scale business, in which tens of thousands of animals are rapidly industrially bred for maximum profit, according to Leo Horrigan, Robert S. Lawrence, and Polly Walker. They go on to say that the conditions on these factory farms are inhumane. Most chickens never see the light of day before being slaughtered. Most of these animals are bred to grow unnaturally fast and large in order to maximize their production of meat, eggs, and milk for the food industry. Their bodies cannot support this growth, leading to debilitating and painful conditions and deformities. These companies falsely advertise their products with their animals in beautiful pastures when in reality these animals are in overcrowded cages and raised in extreme confinement. We can judge the heart... middle of paper ... health was not a standard because we only ate and grew what we needed. Next time you want to grab a burger at that fast food joint, you might want to think twice. Works Cited Horrigan, Leo, Robert S. Lawrence, and Polly Walker. "Abstract." National Center for Biotechnology Information. US National Library of Medicine, October 21, 0005. Web. April 12, 2014 Kenner, Robert, prod. Food Inc. Documentary Addict. November 3, 2009. The web. October 28, 2013. Follmer, Julie A. and Roseann B Termini. “What Happened to Old McDonald's Farm… Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, Factory Farming, and the Security of the Nation's Food Supply.” Journal of Food Law and Policy, Vol. 5, no. 1, 2009. Web. April 12, 2014 Weis, Anthony John. “The global food economy: the battle for the future of agriculture”. Canada: Fernwood Editions. Google Books. January 1, 2007. Web. April 9. 2014.