CAFO After The Industrial Revolution

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After the industrial revolution the use of machinery increased tremendously. Machines and big factories were being built to speed up the process of production. Like most things being mass produced food was no exception. The idea of CAFO’s (condensed animal feeding operations) made food a business. In Dow’s presentation he spoke about the issues with CAFO’s and why they should be avoided. CAFO’s are very fast productions because they want to produce as much as possible with the least amount of effort. Big companies that mass produce animals in this way are putting smaller farms out of business. Small farm businesses cannot keep up with efficiency or quantity. Small farms can be very successful if they have the right consumers and that the demand

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