...The Time Me and My Friends Went to the Atrox Factory It was a Saturday afternoon, I was in need of a fun thing to do. I call two of my friends, Jabrian and Zay. We made plans to go to the Atrox Factory. Since it is Halloween, of course, we decided to go for a couple of hours. Xavier says “ I’ll drive if you want me to.” But I tell him that I was already here, which they thought was strange. Minutes go by, Xavier and Jabrian are on their way when I told them that I was at the entrance. They get there and call Me and I go to the truck and dap them both up and says “ what up yall.” Xavier laughs and says “ how long you been up out here?” I respond with “ about thirty minutes.” Me and Xavier look at Jabrian and he is looking around very strangely. We ask him what he was looking at and he says “ man im looking for a girl out here.” Well it was already getting late so we didn’t have time for...
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...Each day a multitudinous of people unknowingly eat meat that is raised abhorrently on a factory farm. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.), a factory farm is a large industrial operation in which over 99% of all livestock are raised. Factory farms are meant to maximize the amount of meat for the space, so the different animals are often crammed into extremely tight quarters. Livestock raised this way often lay in their own sewage and rotting carcasses of others animals that could no longer survive these conditions. Water surveys taken from around factory farming operations consistently show high levels of bacteria in surrounding groundwater. The animals raised in this manner, are often abused...
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...opportunity for individuals to become infected by resistant bacteria.” Factory farms keep their animals in deplorable conditions, so they use antimicrobial drugs to keep them alive and growing at...
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...When one pictures a farm they probably imagine a wholesome family with a red barn and a chicken coup, regrettably that is not what the average American farm is nowadays. Modern farms are enormous, impersonal, and industrial. These “factory farms” have been America’s main source of meat and dairy for half a century and are ever-growing. The vast majority of meat - 78% of cow products, 95% of pork, and 99% of poultry - sold in stores today are from factory farms. Unlike freely wandering livestock on the picturesque farm alluded to earlier, the animals in the industrialized system are packed in and only seen as a product. The exponential growth of these modern farming practices has had negative effects on more than just the wellbeing of the animals. The environment has been negatively impacted. Waterways and the atmosphere have been polluted. Resources are being redirected to livestock instead of going straight to the people. Factory farming’s impact on the environment via...
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...Through a steady chain reaction, fast food has slowly changed factory farming and agriculture. Corporate ownership, harsh working conditions, and new ways to produce food have risen out of the fast food industry and are now prominent in all aspects of agriculture. Although agriculture affects many, those who witness its negatives first hand are workers. Agriculture in today’s terms can no longer be called farming. Regarded as “agribusiness” by an environmentalist group known as Grace Communications, factory workers are often employed and controlled by corporate owners. These corporations have an unexplainable upper hand over workers and other farmers. Two types of corporate farming are common in the U.S: contract farming and vertical...
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...Negative Effects of Factory Farming on Animal Welfare and the Environment In this paper, I will argue in favor of bettering the conditions for animals in factory farms while maintaining a natural balance. First, the economic benefits obtained from factory farming should be weighed against the devastating environmental effect it has. The real cost of factory farming is not only paid by the producer and the consumer, but also includes a cost in the degradation of our natural resources, health effect, and adverse impacts felt by the communities where these facilities are located. Second, the inhumane conditions and the amount of artificial chemicals put in an animal are a serious health and ethic problem. Several major human health problems are associated with factory farming, these millions of animals stuck in boxes next to each other are the perfect incubators for viruses and diseases. Advocates of factory farming disagree. They claim that factory farming is a fundamental factor in our economic welfare because, without it, we would not be able to feed all our people. Factory farming has been a result of the elevated demand for...
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...Farm Animals face great abuse in the food industry when they are raised; they are being treated as objects instead of living creatures. “Animal Rights: An Overview,” explains the conditions the animals are brought up in: “Common factory farming methods include confining animals in small windowless cubicles, feeding animals hormones to improve the flavor and texture of their meat and milk, and limiting exercise and interaction with other animals” (Rich and Wager). The cages used to keep the animals in are far too small for all of them to fit and have room to walk around in. This is all on purpose so the animals never have the chance to exercise, which increases the amount of meat on them. Another way the industry fattens up the animals is by...
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...their bodies increase. Factory farmers have been restricting the lives of their live-stock. Animals in factory farms are living lives which are far from the lifestyles that nature had intended for them. After reading many articles about the negative effects factory farming has on animals, I now know what truly goes on behind the walls of factory farms. I’ve been so disgusted by this that I’ve decided to eat less meat and consume organic products. Consumers of meat need to be aware of this foul practice. This not only affects the animals, but it also affects the consumer and the environment. Factory farming is not only inhumane,...
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...The Triangle Factory Fire took place on March 25, 1911. It made history by being the most deadly workplace fire to have ever occured in New York. The flames that attacked the top three floors of the Asch building killed 176 people. Families were left devastated and citizens were horrified. Most of the people that worked in that building were immigrants. They moved from another country, many wanting a better life. What was life actually like for the brave people who sailed across the ocean, hoping for change? Between the years 1900 and 1915 over 15 million immigrants arrived in America. This is about equal to the number of immigrants who arrived in the previous forty years combined. The majority of newcomers came from non English speaking countries. It was during this time of immigration that the Triangle Factory Fire took place. Most of the people working in the Asch building at this time were Italian or Jewish. Jewish families were trying to escape the prosecution and economic hardships that were taking place in their home countries. Italians came across the sea with the promise of wealth and prosperity in America. (Haddix 283)...
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...Immigrants and women workers were powering the factories in the east, while farmers were supporting them in the fields in the west. The laissez-faire strategy of the government allowed corporations led by captains of industry to form monopolies and control entire industries. However, this boom of industry came with many byproducts. Many of the owners of the corporations were known as robber barons because they would profit off the long hours and low wages of the factory workers. The late 1800s brought many strikes such as the Pullman and Homestead strikes, both spreading nationwide...
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...What happened during The Triangle Factory Fire? The Triangle Factory Fire was on March 25,1911,This fire was a massive tragedy for many people and their families.The fire started up because someone dropped a bud from a cigarette or something from the cigarette into a bunch of shirt parts that was in a bin under the table.The wasn't really anything it was just a small fire under the table until guys in the room tried to stop it with water the fire didn't die down tho it just got bigger it caught cloth that was hanging from the ceiling on fire.It was to dangerous now and there was no stopping it. Unlike it is now fire safety wasn't something that was practise back then it wasn't the most touched subject for the people in factory because i guess they thought it wouldn't ever be a problem.Well they were wrong to think that cause now its major problem.People decided it was smart to go down the elevator but in got stuck So people decided it was pointless to wait for it and jumped down the elevator door away only to land on top of the elevote and die....
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...The role I plan on doing is the common factory worker. Many things had happened during the time of the Great Depression and what had lead up to it. The main thing that people believe started the Great Depression was the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Things like the Fiscal Policy, the Monetary Policy, and the Labor Policy helped stabilize the United States after the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash. Many other factors took place during this time but the main ones stand out more. Fiscal policy is the means by which a government adjusts its spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy. Monetary policy is maintained through actions such as increasing the interest rate, or changing the amount of money banks need to keep in the vault....
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...Triangle Factory Fire safety issues. The triangle factory fire was one of the most tragic events in New York, up until September 11th of 2001. 146 bodies were identified, any others were burnt in the fire or too massacred to tell who it was. No one knows exactly how the fire was started. There are theories, but for it to have gone the way it did, the conditions of the building, and the people, couldn't have been safe. The women who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, had apparently been asking for a wage increase, (then only making 6$ an hour.) and better fire safety. Only their pay was increased, and the hazardous way things worked in the Asch building pursued. Doorways were only able to have one person go down at...
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...In the Industrial War there lay a factory called The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory .The factory made blouses for women , that would make the women look tinier around the waist area so they could have more curvature to their body. The Triangle Shirtwaist factory also had a very bad tragedy in the early years of the factory which i will tell you about in a little bit. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was owned by two gentlemen named Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. The men opened the factory in 1900’s. The Factory was located on the corner of Greene St. ,and Washington Pl. in Manhattan.They factory had a majority of women working at the factory and a couple of men here and there. The Homestead Act was an act on how factory owners...
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...In the early 1900s, people who worked in companies, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, came from different countries, mainly from Europe to New York City. These immigrants knew that by coming to the United States, they had a better chance of finding a job and were in charge of their own future. Meanwhile, men, women, and children, who worked for Triangle, knew they were not being treated fairly. However, even though labor conditions were horrifying, immigrants needed jobs desperately and felt like they had no choice. They had the option to confront their employer about cruelty, such as taking money from their paychecks for unreasonable reasons, but they knew at the end of the day they could be easily replaced. The staff of this factory...
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