"Animal Agriculture"
This unit is a continuation to the previous one on plant agriculture. The focus this time is on how the industrialization of the food system has impacted how we raise livestock, including pigs, cattle, and chickens.
Essential Concepts: Food and agriculture, animal
agriculture, domestication, ruminants, pasture, factory farming, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), dairy cattle, beef cattle, veal, finishing, pasteurization, growth hormones, antibiotics, Federal Humane Slaughter Act,cage
free, free range, certified humane, organic
Essential Concepts: Food and agriculture, animal
agriculture, domestication, ruminants, pasture, factory farming, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), dairy cattle, beef cattle, veal, finishing, pasteurization, growth hormones, antibiotics, Federal Humane Slaughter Act,cage
free, free range, certified humane, organic