Reply #44: Well, those are indeed the problems [View All]

[MadHound]

Factory farming is harmful in a number of way. That doesn't equate to raising livestock as harmful. What needs to be changed is a shift back towards an ecologically sound farming practice. The small farming practices of our grandparents were quite sound both financially and ecologically, it is time that we returned to them.

You would actually be suprised at the number of these farms that have continued, or gone back to the old ways of farming. I live in rural Mid Missouri, and the family small farm is making a comeback. I attended the National Small Farm Trade Show and Conference, and you can find small family farmers from all of the country and world, ranging from the Amish and Menomites to the back to the earth hippies to the old school family farmer who are all working to bring back sustainable, responsible and profitable farming back to our country.