Five Friday Factory Farming Facts
Friday, July 27, 2012 - Raw Team
Facts
Factory farming is a failing system of food production, and we've compiled a list of sharable facts that show why. Here are just five for a Friday:
Nearly 50 billion farm animals are factory farmed every year
Give 100 food calories to livestock and you get back only 30; a 70pc loss
Nearly 80pc of antibiotics distributed in 2009 in US were for farm animals
Overuse of antibiotics for farm animals = more drug-resistant bacteria
1kg of pork requires nearly 30x more land to produce than 1kg of vegetables
Why not take a look at all of the facts and share the ones that shock you most with your Twitter followers. Help expose the true cost of factory farming.