factory farm
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- factory farming noun
Example Sentences
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His father, Ali, who raised him alone after immigrating to America to work in a Midwest chicken factory farm, died when he was in college.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024
“We’re rescuing sick chickens from a factory farm that has a history of abusing them,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Providing those conditions would be a foundational change that flies in the face of the factory farm model, however, and the mainstream pork industry is correct that it would be an expensive one.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022
I went to the next room and he had me watch this undercover footage of a factory farm.
From Fox News • Nov. 28, 2021
In response to the horrors of the factory farm, becoming a vegetarian seems pretty reasonable.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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