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ohnoyoudidnt

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15. I think it would significanly increase the price. Free range chickens aren't what many people think.

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 01:38 AM

Dec 2014

Thousands of chickens could be stored inside a warehouse of several thousand square feet with a small opening to the outside with only enough room for a handful at a time to enter the space. That qualifies as free range and those are more costly. It's not much better than the other farmed chickens have it. There are free range grass feed cattle available, but the prices I have seen are much higher. These products already exist but are out of reach of the average consumer. We have limited resources and a growing population. There must be some solution, but it needs to be one that doesn't make meat more costly for the middle and lower class.

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Should Factory Farming Be Banned? [View all] Prophet 451 Dec 2014 OP

Check the pork industry -- horrible easychoice Dec 2014 #1

I honestly don't know how to answer this question Arcanetrance Dec 2014 #2

Well, the idea was to make people think Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #3

You definitely got me to think I'll admit that Arcanetrance Dec 2014 #4

a couple of dollars DonCoquixote Dec 2014 #5

Yes, it is Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #8

Too vague to say. I do support a packer ban Recursion Dec 2014 #6

Packer ban? Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #7

Prevent meat packers from owning livestock being raised on farms and ranches Recursion Dec 2014 #9

I had never heard of that Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #13

Sorry: the ban is an attempt to require that ranchers own rather than rent their cows Recursion Dec 2014 #18

Wow! Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #20

No. flvegan Dec 2014 #10

OK Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #14

our country could stand to eat like the rest of the world olddots Dec 2014 #11

Cage Free is a start nationalize the fed Dec 2014 #12

Plant protein isn't better Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #16

I think it would significanly increase the price. Free range chickens aren't what many people think. ohnoyoudidnt Dec 2014 #15

I would argue that the larger problem is capitalism. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #17

And that's just extremism Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #21

That doesn't change what I'm saying about making a life into a profit center. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #23

You've got it right, sadly. Thanks. NCarolinawoman Dec 2014 #25

Yes! burrowowl Dec 2014 #19

Yes, only rich people should afford to eat meat taught_me_patience Dec 2014 #22

I think that's probably going to happen anyway Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #24

NYC, or maybe NY State, should try this idea first. quadrature Dec 2014 #26

I try to avoid meat BUT MFM008 Dec 2014 #27

YES! DeSwiss Dec 2014 #28

x50 Derek V Dec 2014 #29

The cruelty of factory farming shocks the conscience CrawlingChaos Dec 2014 #30

Watch movie "Food Inc" nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #31

The animals we eat ought to be treated humanely and with respect. hunter Dec 2014 #32

Heard that Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #39

You don't go far enough. It is the Industrial nature of the agriculture that is the central problem Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #33

So what's your proposal? Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #36

there's no need for it. xchrom Dec 2014 #34

People should not eat meat dumbcat Dec 2014 #35

Only if it can be done without prices going up. Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #37

It's probable prices would go up, yes Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #38