factory farm
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- noun
- /ˈfæktəri fɑrm/
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granja industrial
- Consumers are becoming more aware of the consequences of purchasing meat from factory farms.
Let's start by like eating cows but not rearing them on factory farms.
- Let's start by like eating cows but not rearing them on factory farms.
- And we still find it all across the country when we go into factory farms.
- So it because I don't know for sure that we're using the term factory farm in the same way.
- Instead, you'll have people who benefit from progress benefit from rationalization by working factory farms.
Examples
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The organizations released a report that says the 220 billion gallons of animal waste generated by factory farms annually in the United States are a threat to the environment and human health.
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The documentary highlighted the impact of factory farming on animal rights and environmental issues.
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The difference between a local, small farm and a factory farm is that the local farms are not mass producing.
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Despite the abundance of meat in the states, factory farms did not improve the eating conditions for the people.
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In such manners, a small group of factory farms have been able to obtain almost a monopoly over meat production.
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No one can dispute that the factory farm model creates tremendous amounts of waste, contributing to environmental catastrophe.
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Although modern factory-farm practices maximize food production, they also make livestock more susceptible to illness.
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Most cows in factory farms are fed corn, which isn't their normal diet, and it gives them indigestion.
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Philip Lymbery, from Compassion in World Farming, says that the caged, crammed and confined conditions of factory farms, provide the ideal breeding ground for new and more deadly strains of virus.
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Many animals are raised in harsh conditions on factory farms, which prioritize productivity over welfare.
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a large farm run with industrial methods' is directly derivable from combining 'factory' (industrial production) with 'farm' (agricultural place): the phrase describes a farm operated like a factory. This noun–noun compounding is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Factory farm comes from joining factory and farm, giving the image of animals raised like products on a factory line, with machines and very many animals kept in small spaces. So the term now means 'a large farm that raises many animals using factory-style methods'.