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factory farm

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noun

  1. a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If it passes, Sonoma County's factory farm ban will be a novel experiment in transitioning to a more sustainable food system, laying the groundwork for other parts of the country to do the same.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2024

His father, Ali, who raised him alone after immigrating to America to work in a Midwest chicken factory farm, died when he was in college.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

Let’s try to grow it in a lab so that people can still have their hamburgers, but it just doesn’t involve factory farm —

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

“We’re rescuing sick chickens from a factory farm that has a history of abusing them,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

“Organic” factory farm chickens live only slightly better lives than non-organic factory chickens.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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