Factory Farm Presentation

Today's presentation on factory farming by Nick Cooney was both interesting and shocking. It was surprising to find out that the average egg farm in the U.S. has hundreds of thousands of chickens. Also, average pig farms have about 25,000 pigs and average cow farms have about 10,000 cows. It was also interesting to hear that Philadelphia is the 3rd largest egg producing farm in the U.S. Although we cannot fully ban the cruelty to these animals on these factory farms just yet, Temple is doing its part to lessen the cruelty starting next year by using cage-free eggs in the cafeterias.