Factory Farm Presentation

The most interesting thing that I learned from Nick Cooney’s presentation was that raising animals for food produces more pollution than all transportation systems combined in the United States. In addition animal production for food ends up producing anywhere from 5-20 times more greenhouse gases than plant production. I am surprised that despite these facts and the ongoing debate on what to do about global climate change, no one has brought up slowing down the production of meat, even on just a small scale. The positive result would be two-fold: Pollution would decrease as a result of less animal waste and less production of their feed, and Americans would have to eat more fruits and vegetables if meat was not as readily available. This would lead to the increase of the overall health of the American population.