factory farm

British  

noun

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

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• factory farming
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factory farm

That should make its appearance on a mammal-based factory farm a cause for doubled-down surveillance and concern, said Crystal Heath, a Bay Area veterinarian and co-founder of Our Honor, an animal welfare organization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 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

Not only do the revealed documents show how deliberately Hormel misled customers, they also help other advocates trying to expose the widespread abuses of the factory farm system.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2023

The factory farm produces more food much faster than the old solar-based farm.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan