As well as animal welfare concerns over rearing large numbers of farm animals in close proximity, the water use, farmland for animal feed, waste and greenhouse-gas emissions associated with meat production make it one of the most significant environmental problems in the world today.

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Effluent waste from these concentrated animal facilities are undermining what little clean water and healthy micro-nutrient cycles still exist out there.

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They squander land, damage plant and animal species through the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides, and waste huge amounts of water.

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