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Have you not seen that it is God to whom all the beings in the earth bow themselves down - and so too the sun and the moon and the stars and the mountains and the trees and the beasts? Qur'an 22:18 |
Small or local farmers meet fierce competition in the face of the factory farming industry. In many cases, such farmers must succumb to pressures to incorporate factory farming techniques, or else be forced from business. Sustainability allows farms to preserve their integrity and autonomy. Sustainable farming is a process that integrates the concepts of environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. Food is grown, processed, distributed, and consumed in an ecologically and socially responsible manner. Farms remain economically viable and self-sufficient while animals and the environment are treated respectfully. Click here to learn more about sustainability. The majority of animals sold for consumption are produced by factory farms. Factory farming is a term that refers to intensive commercial production of agriculture. This process is affiliated with large-scale industrialized rearing of livestock, poultry, and fish. In the case of meat and poultry, factory farming employs extreme growing techniques in order to produce as many animals as possible in the least amount of space. Factory farming also involves a high use of chemicals in the form of antibiotics and hormones, as well as the inhumane slaughter of animals. Factory farming is an unsustainable practice that leads to environmental degradation. It depletes natural resources and fails to replace them. Many environmentalists are already citing cases of pollution and water depletion brought on by factory farming techniques. Click here to learn more about factory farming.
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