Shocking Facts About Factory Farming vs. Sustainable Farming

SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT FACTORYO SUSTAINABLE FARMING vs ENVIRONMENT FACTORY FARMS vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE $34.7 OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IS CAUSED EACH YEAR IN THE U.S. OF PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BILLION FARMERS MANAGE THEIR FARMS RESPONSIBLY, BY MAINTAINING THE FERTILITY OF THE LAND & PRESERVING RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS 40% OF ALL CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS USED ARE RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AS AMMONIA FOSSIL FUEL FACTORY FARMS vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS REDUCE FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION BY: PRODUCING ENOUGH FOOD FOR A • NO-TILLAGE / LOW TILLAGE FARMING • EFFICIENT APPLICATION OF MANURE • CROP ROTATIONS FAMILY OF 4 REQUIRES 34,000KW- HRS OF ENERGY OR MORE THAN 930 GALLONS OF GASOLINE 60% 1 CALORIE OF FOOD 10 CALORIES OF LESS FOSSIL FUEL IS USED FOSSIL FUEL BY SMALL-SCALE ORGANIC FARMS THAN BY CONVENTIONAL INDUSTRIAL FARMS 17% OF ALL FOSSIL FUEL USED IN THE U.S. IS USED TO PRODUCE FOOD. HEALTH FACTORY FARMS vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN FACTORY FARMS & SLAUGHTERHOUSES RESULTS IN HIGH MEAT CONTAMINATION SUSTAINABLE FARMS PRODUCE FOODS WITHOUT IN THE U.S, FOOD BORNE ILLNESS: UNNECESSARY PESTICIDES & OTHER HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SICKENS M 76 MILLION ORGANIC FOODS CONTAIN: HIGH LEVELS OF ANTIOXIDANTS HOSPITALIZES WHICH CAN HELP FIGHT TYPES OF CANCER 325,000 SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVELS OF AND KILLS 5,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR VITAMIN C, IRON, MAGNESIUM & PHOSPHORUS ANIMAL WELFARE FACTORY FARMS vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS ANIMALS ARE CRAMMED ANIMALS ARE TREATED HUMANELY & ARE ALLOWED TOGETHER IN TIGHTLY TO CARRY OUT NATURAL BEHAVIORS SUCH AS CONFINED AREAS, & ROOTING IN THE DIRT AND PECKING THE GROUND MOST WILL NEVER SEE SUNLIGHT. UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN ANIMAL CONFINEMENT UNITS CAUSE WIDESPREAD DISEASES AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR WASTE FACTORY FARMS Vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS ...DO NOT RAISE MORE ANIMALS THAN THEY ARE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINING .POLLUTE THE AIR, LAND AND WATER WITH MILLIONS OF GALLONS OE ANIMAL WASTE THAT IS OFTEN HELD IN OPEN AIR LAGOONS FARMERS USE MANURE AS A CROP FERTILIZER, DURING THE '90S, HOG, CHICKEN & CATTLE WASTE POLLUTED 35,000 MILES OF RIVERS IN WHICH ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND AVOIDS POLLUTION PROBLEMS 22 STATES TRANSPORTATION FACTORY FARMS ON AVERAGE, FOOD IS TRANSPORTED BY TRUCK 1,500 MILES BEFORE REACHING CONSUMERS 1 TRUCK TIRE TAKES 2.3 BILLION OF FUEL IS WASTED PER YEAR APPROX. 25 GALLONS GALLONS WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC OF OIL TO PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE FARMS PRODUCE CAN BE SOLD LOCALLY THROUGH FARMERS MARKETS, FARM EACH TRAIN STANDS, OR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED • IS 3X MORE FUEL EFFICIENT THAN TRUCKS AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS • REDUCES CO2 EMISSIONS BY 85,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR prouting 25 ber ka A SINGLE UNIT TRAIN TAKES 5.2 MILLION OF FUEL IS SAVED PER YEAR PER RAIL 200 TRUCKS OFF HIGHWAYS GALLONS PESTICIDES FACTORY FARMS vs ) SUSTAINABLE FARMS 5.1 BILLION ALTERNATIVE PEST CONTROL METHODS: TONS OF PESTICIDES ARE HABITAT MANAGEMENT USED IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PEST-RESISTANT PLANTS CHEMICAL PESTICIDES ARE ONLY USED IN 69,000 CHILDREN SUFFERED FROM PESTICIDE RELATED POISONING OR EXPOSURE IN 2002 SMALL QUANTITIES WHEN OTHER PEST- CONTROL METHODS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL ANTIBIOTICS FACTORY FARMS vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS 25 OF ANTIBIOTICS & RELATED DRUGS ANIMALS ARE RAISED WITHOUT ROUTINE ANTIBIOTICS, & ARE ADMINISTERED ONLY IE AN ANIMAL IS SICK ARE GIVEN TO ANIMALS FOR NON- MILLION POUNDS THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES EVERY YEAR OR 8X THE AMOUNT USED TO TREAT DISEASE IN HUMANS OVERUSE OF ANTIBIOTICs IS CAUSING HUMAN MEDS TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE, CAUSING HEALTH CARE COSTS TO ORGANIC FARMERS DO NOT GIVE INCREASE BY $4 BILLION EVERY YEAR ANY ANTIBIOTICS TO THEIR ANIMALS HORMONES FACTORY FARMS vs SUSTAINABLE FARMS HORMONES ARE GIVEN TO 2/3 OF CATTLE TO SPEED UP GROWTH HORMONES ARE NOT ADMINISTERED TO ANIMALS ON SUSTAINABLE FARMS HORMONE rBGH IS USED TO THIS PROTECTS: INCREASE MILK PRODUCTION • HUMAN HEALTH • ANIMAL HEALTH • THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH CAN CAUSE COws TO DEVELOP UDDER OR HOOF DISEASES, OPEN SORES AND (WHICH IS OTHERWISE POLLUTED WITH INTERNAL BLEEDING HORMONE DEPOSIT FROM MANURE) DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR BUSINESS TODAY. SOURCES: HTTP://WwW.EPA.GOV/PESTICIDES/FACTSHEETS/SECURTY.HTM HTTP://GREENPEACECORPS.ORG/SUSTAINABLE_VS_IND.HTML HTTP://WwW.DOSOMETHING.ORG/TIPSANDTOOLS/11-FACTS-ABOUT-SUSTAINABLE-AGRICULTURE HTTP://www.RAILEXUSA.COM/SITE/RAILEX-VS-TRUCKING.HTML