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The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
James Cromwell

Meaning of "factory farm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FACTORY FARM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACTORY FARM

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Factory farm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FACTORY FARM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

factory farm

Intensive animal farming

Intensive animal farming or industrial livestock production, also called factory farming, is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, including cattle, poultry and fish in confinement at high stocking density — a practice typical in industrial farming by agribusinesses. The main products of this industry are meat, milk and eggs for human consumption. There are issues regarding whether factory farming is sustainable and ethical. Confinement at high stocking density is one part of a systematic effort to produce the highest output at the lowest cost by relying on economies of scale, modern machinery, biotechnology, and global trade. Confinement at high stocking density requires the use of antibiotics and pesticides to mitigate the spread of disease and pestilence exacerbated by these crowded living conditions. In addition, antibiotics are used to stimulate livestock growth by killing intestinal bacteria. There are differences in the way factory farming techniques are practiced around the world. There is a continuing debate over the benefits, risks and ethical questions of factory farming.

Definition of factory farm in the English dictionary

The definition of factory farm in the dictionary is a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACTORY FARM

factories
factoring
factorisation
factorise
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factorship
factory
Factory Acts
factory chimney
factory farming
factory floor
factory hand
factory inspector
factory outlet
factory ship
factory work
factory worker
factory-fresh
factory-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACTORY FARM

collective farm
dairy farm
farm
fish farm
fruit farm
funny farm
health farm
hill farm
home farm
organic farm
oyster farm
pig farm
poultry farm
server farm
sheep farm
stock farm
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wind farm

Synonyms and antonyms of factory farm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «factory farm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACTORY FARM

Find out the translation of factory farm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of factory farm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «factory farm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

工厂化养殖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

granja industrial
570 millions of speakers

English

factory farm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कारखाने के खेत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزرعة مصنع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

птицефабрики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fábrica fazenda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কারখানা ফার্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

usine ferme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ladang kilang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Massentierhaltung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

工場出荷時の農場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공장 농장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pabrik farm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trang trại nhà máy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொழிற்சாலை பண்ணை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कारखाना शेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fabrika çiftliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fattoria fabbrica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rolnicze fabrycznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

птахофабрики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fermă industrială
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγρόκτημα εργοστάσιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fabriek plaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fabriken gård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fabrikken gård
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of factory farm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACTORY FARM»

The term «factory farm» is regularly used and occupies the 93.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about factory farm

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4 QUOTES WITH «FACTORY FARM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word factory farm.
1
James Cromwell
The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
2
Jonathan Safran Foer
There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals.
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Steve-O
It's commonly said that if slaughterhouses had clear glass walls, nobody would eat meat. I think people go out of their way to remain ignorant about how factory farm animals are treated.
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Matthew Scully
I have no doubt that President George W. Bush - a man, in my experience, of extremely kind and generous instincts, and back in Austin even a rescuer of stray animals - would be appalled by the conditions of a typical American factory farm or packing plant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACTORY FARM»

Discover the use of factory farm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to factory farm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
The factory farm is very different from traditional farming. To begin with, industrial farms are owned, managed, and worked by separate entities. Farmers, for example, do not own the animals in the factory farm. Instead, they are laborers who ...
Roger Chapman, 2010
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Farm to Factory: Women's Letters, 1830-1860
Letters from young girls who left their homes to work in factories and mills examine their economic concerns, the work they were doing, and their friends and social lives This volume contains a chronological table of Chinese history ...
Thomas Dublin, 1993
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Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art ...
THE FACTORY FARM AND ETHICAL VEGETARIANISM Everyone who consumes meat and makes a profit from its production has an interest in animal welfare: consumers and producers want meat that comes from healthy animals. Animal ...
Laurel E. Phoenix, Lynn Walter, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare [2 ...
Pigs at Doug Ruth's factory farm operation Downing Missouri. Ruth. FACTORY. FARMS. Americans seem to have an insatiable appetite for animal products. We each eat, on average, about 220 pounds of meat, (U.S. Department of Agriculture , ...
Marc Bekoff, 2009
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hunch 3. the Berlage Institute report
Dairy Cattle Volume per Farm 1,332,486.00 cu. meters 0 Grazing Livestock Farm Average Volume 1,339,215.00 cu. meters Grazing Livestock Farm Total Volume 160,705,806.43 cu. meters Population Count per Factory Farm 878.74 people ...
Jennifer Sigler, 2001
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The poll book of the contested election for the northern ...
Thomson, Gilbert... Thomson, William .. . Thomson, James ... Haystack hill.. Factory, farm Factory, farm Factory, farm Factory, farm Voters' Names. Browne, Thomas ... Douglas, Mark Holdsworth, John... Hornsby, 88 THE ALNWICK POLLING ...
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Narrative and Professional Communication
Put in terms of the family and the factory farm — though the narrative model of the family farm is fast being displaced by that of the factory farm — an alternate model based on communicative action and emancipation is still available.
Jane M. Perkins, Nancy Roundy Blyler, 1999
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The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the ...
In other words, we believe that rather than being a critique of the current system, the “locavore” or “free-range” movement and the “factory farm” system work in tandem. The locavore movement helps to set up a false (but viewable) proxy for ...
Nik Taylor, Richard Twine, 2014
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We Need to Talk about the future of Canada
"Factory farm boom seen as health threat: Manure can enter wells: Ontario government may introduce bill this month." National Post. June 4/01. pg A4. See also Scott Edmonds. "Study links rogue bugs, factory farms." Edmonton Journal, June ...
Andy Turnbull, 2005
10
Blue Shadows Farm: A Novel
Golightly went on to compare the manufacture of an automobile to the operation of a factory farm. “In both instances, we have inputs and we have outputs,” he said.“The key words are 'efficiency' and 'scale.'The two words go together.
Jerry Apps, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACTORY FARM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term factory farm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tyson Chicken Factory Farm Caught On Hidden Camera Torturing …
WILMINGTON, Del., July 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Disturbing undercover video footage of shocking animal abuse at a Tyson Foods contract ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
2
Why Factory Farming Is a Broken System Where Extreme Animal …
... the inevitable result is the everyday brutality documented by nearly every undercover video recorded on a factory farm. Time and time again, ... «One Green Planet, Jul 15»
3
How Animal Advocates Avoid Getting Totally Depressed
Eleven years ago, I rescued a turkey from a factory farm and named him Adam. Unfortunately he passed away at a young age, and it was a ... «The Dodo, Jul 15»
4
The Interview: Sonia Faruqi on a better future for farming
In Canada, I visited a factory farm with 13,000 chickens, but I've seen 50,000 in other places, all under one roof. The smell that builds up from ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
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Farmers speak out on alleged cow abuse in northeastern Colorado
The diary industry is under heavy scrutiny after a video allegedly shows cows being abused at a factory farm in northeastern Colorado. «The Denver Channel, Jul 15»
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Heather Wilhelm: The sexual train wreck behind 'yes means yes'
... meadow with free-range chickens, but a joyless, humorless factory farm specializing in low budget, highly questionable chicken nuggets. «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
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Emley Show 2015: What's on in the main ring?
The agricultural extravaganza will be held at Factory Farm, Emley Moor on Saturday August 1 — coinciding nicely with Yorkshire Day. «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
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Butler Homecoming Set For July 31 And Aug. 1
... that are super charged and run 15-20 m.p.h.; 12,500 and 14,000 lb. farm stock eight m.p.h.; 12,500 lb. factory farm stock 12 m.p.h.; and a new ... «thejournal-news.net, Jul 15»
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Emley Show 2015: How to get there
Emley Show takes place at the Factory Farm showground, in Factory Lane, Emley, HD8 9TE. The Emley Show showground` The Emley Show ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
10
Snakes on a Plate: Reconsidering the reptile
... exercise and just being a chicken, it tastes very different than a factory farm or commercial farm chicken. You get more complexity of flavor.". «Austin Chronicle, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Factory farm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/factory-farm>. May 2024 ».
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