factory farm
noun
: a large industrialized farm
especially
: a farm on which large numbers of livestock are raised indoors in conditions intended to maximize production at minimal cost
factory farming
noun
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If these ranches and farms go, we will be forced to choose inhumane and environmentally poisonous factory farms.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
Even more gruesome are the methods used in the U.S. to kill millions of chickens and turkeys when bird flu is detected on a factory farm.
—Peter Singer, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024
In principle, there’s a lot of sense in capping the size of factory farms.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
In early 2024, an NFPA expert committee overwhelmingly voted to update its animal housing code, which includes commercial livestock facilities, to require that buildings being built or renovated at mid- and large-sized factory farms install sprinkler systems starting in 2025.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
Even more gruesome are the methods used in the U.S. to kill millions of chickens and turkeys when bird flu is detected on a factory farm.
—Peter Singer, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024
In principle, there’s a lot of sense in capping the size of factory farms.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
In early 2024, an NFPA expert committee overwhelmingly voted to update its animal housing code, which includes commercial livestock facilities, to require that buildings being built or renovated at mid- and large-sized factory farms install sprinkler systems starting in 2025.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Factory farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factory%20farm. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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