This article's central claim is that small scale independent farms raise better quality meat than meat from large scale factory farms. Some reasons the article lists to support this claim are:
- the cheap genetically modified food the animals eat at factory farms compared to the healthier diet of grass and bugs of the animals from small scale farms,
- the large waste disposal from factory farms
- a healty diet of the animals results in meat packed with vitamins and minerals
- the harsh conditions of the animals living on factory farms
Values about the treatment of animals and the respect for our nutrition and our bodies are brought to question. There are also concerns with money brought up. Meat from small farms is healthier, but at the same time it's more expensive. For a lot of families it is easier to just buy the cheaper meat and not think about where it comes from.
Unstated assumptions in this article are factory farms need to improve conditions or shut down and spending more money on healthier meat is worth it in the long run.
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