Nick Cooney's factory farming presentation

I found Nick Cooney’s in class presentation on factory framing practices extremely informative. Going into his presentation I felt that he was going to reinforce the same information we have previously covered in the reading this semester. Also, before taking this course I had seen the film Food, INC. that explains some practices of factory farming. The part of the presentation that absolutely shocked me was the devastating effects factory farming has on the environment. I had no idea that more green house gases are released from factory farming then from cars. This fact angered me. Why is this type of information not on the news, in newspapers and on billboards? Is money really that important that the government can over look the best interest of the entire planet and future generations that will inhabit our planet? Apparently it is. It would me wrong of me to just blame the government for what factory farming is doing to the planet. In general Americans love to eat—especially meat—including myself in this statement. I also find it highly improbable that the entire world or even our country would become vegan or vegetarian. So what can be done? I feel the American government should make all its citizens aware of the effects that factory farming is having on our planet. Then let the people choose to cut back on the amount of animals they are eating or not.