Meet your meat The transformation of animals into food

Life on the farm isn t what it used to be. The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes portrayed in children s books have been replaced by windowless sheds, tiny crates, wire cages, and other confinement systems integral to what is now known as factory Today the majority of farmed animals are: confined to the point that they can barely move, denied veterinary care, mutilated without painkillers, and finally slaughtered often while fully conscious.