Industrial Farming

Loss of biodiversity

Degradation of soil quality

Pollution

All of the above

None of the above

Sustainable, because it supports a growing human population.

Not sustainable, because it externalizes environmental costs.

Sustainable, because it is economically beneficial.

Not sustainable, because it supports the fast food industry.

Deforestation

Loss of biodiversity

Loss of genetic diversity

Increased algal blooms

Reduced carbon emissions

Increasing the cases of food-borne illness

Making meat inexpensive

Habitat destruction

Subsidizing corn production by farmers

Diverting funds used to maintain other species

Treated as toxic waste and disposed of in well-marked containers

Sprayed over fields as fertilizer

Treated and returned to the water supply

Buried underground

Destruction of biodiversity

Introduction of carinogenic pesticides

Increased pathogenicity

Both A and B

All of the Above

14%

18%

20%

11%

None of the above

30%

35%

60%

15%

Standardization of animal shapes and sizes

Increased reliance on fossil fuels

Increased incidences of e. coli tainted meats and vegetables

Broadening of food industry ownership from a few corporations to many

None of the above