You’ve seen disturbing images and videos of factory farm animals being forced to live in the absolute worst of conditions, but a new overhead video captured by a spy drone reveals a whole new sector of disturbing factory farm activity.
Once again, these are not images of water, but instead large ‘lakes’ of feces and other animal waste. According to Devries, these massive dumps are filled by ‘sewage systems’ that drain the animal waste into the area. And this is just one part of this factory farm system by Murphy-Brown, a subdivision of Smithfield Farms — the largest pork producer in the United States.
Thousands of similar factory farms exist in just North Carolina alone, giving you an idea of how prevalent these corporate farms have become. And the ‘feces lake’ is really just the beginning.
As the drone video’s extended YouTube premiere explains, there are serious health consequences for those nearby (not to mention those eating factory farm livestock that are injected with antibiotics and growth hormones).
But perhaps the most disturbing twist to the river of feces and waste is the method of disposal. Farm workers do not ‘drain’ the lake, or transport the waste to another region where it can be properly disposed of. Instead, the feces lake is literally ‘sprayed’ around the entire farmland — and reportedly into the lawns of nearby neighbors.
Sadly, we have seen numerous reports and studies revealing the extent by which factory farms are in fact threatening our health and the planet at large. It may come as no surprise to know that factory farming produces a whopping 100 times more waste than the United States population at large.
As whistleblowers and concerned farmers begin to speak out and expose the true nature of the factory farming complex, real change will be forced to occur. When the general public sees how their food supply is truly being raised (and how the US government is fully subsidizing it), corporations will be forced to adopt new practices.
But in order to generate concern among the public, it’s essential that they first become aware of these issues. Spread the word by sharing this disturbing article via social media and initiate the change.
Smithfield Farms aka Smithfield Foods aka Smithfield are the same company and was purchased by mainland China’s WH Group in September, 2013. WH Group is a global corporation with headquarters in Hong Kong; Shuanghui Group (Shineway Group), Luohe, Henan, People’s Republic of China; Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Virginia; and, Campofrio Food Group, Madrid, Spain.
Forced on “people of color”? Come to Tennessee, we don’t discriminate or have private feces lakes. Knowing that perhaps you should ask yourself why it is that nobody that is from here actually eats the fish from lakes, rivers and streams these days. We just watch the transplants eat them.
Do yourself a favor, Canadian_skeptic is a GMO troll. It won’t respond to a real debate happening in its name, it is on here just to piss real concerned people off. The name itself “Canadian_skeptic” was chosen by a panel to have an effect at luring people into debate. I’m doing a whole article on “Canadian_skeptic” the troll. Not a real person, just a corporation. Relax, go spend time with your family, don’t let this robot lure you in. Ask it its name or locale, or for a website, or even email, you’ll get nothing.
I think the protesters are protesting the wrong thing (police officers) …they need to be protesting the government as well as big corporations for environmental racism.
OMG! They’re spraying manure on the fields! It’s a good thing organic farmers don’t use… eh wait…never mind.
manure is good only when it’s from healthy animals.
Organic farmers use composted manure. Not the same. So, yes, mind.
this is not about racism or about social class whatsoever, let’s not get distracted from the real issue: that they’re doing this in the first place. Sure that may be a symptom but that’s Invisible, nonexistent in comparison to the grim reality of factory farms. If they didn’t exist, NO ONE would have to bear the consequences.
If pork is and “the risk of contamination of feeds”, because the factors of production then it used together people from contaminated meat, so all the diseases of viral, bacterial infection .All enjoy.
While all are used and … It does not appear, and because the danger is, so the danger is elsewhere.
And the risk of contamination of feeds elsewhere. For example, Ebola in Africa. But, the hunger.
And because of the dangers of not using it.
Research and risks must be measured that against of used the public.
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Obviously English is not your strong suit; your comment is nonsensical, at best. Did you use translation software, or just skip a lot of school?
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