What Is ‘Factory Farming’?

The overwhelming majority of animal-derived foods sold in the U.S. today—including meat, eggs, milk, and cheese—come from large-scale, industrialized farms known as “concentrated animal-feeding operations.” On these “factory farms,” animals are packed in as tightly as possible to maximize output and profit, even though this causes many to die from disease or infection before being sent to the slaughterhouse.

According to an analysis by the Sentience Institute, 99% of animals used for food in the U.S. are living on factory farms.