One good side effect of low demand is that geese are not mass-produced on factory farms.

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The landscapes that most justify protection are rarely the flat acres of factory farms that builders most covet.

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In places where thousands of pigs are reared in so called factory farms, the run off from the manure has been known to contaminate water tables.

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My conscience is also salved by my conviction (and that of others) that hunting is actually the most ethical way to procure meat in this era of factory farms.

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Their goal: convince skeptical consumers that the shrink-wrapped sirloin tips in the supermarket aren't artery-clogging commodities mass-produced on factory farms, but wholesome meals turned out with great care by hard-working families.

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Its giant factory farms were draining the aquifers.

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If the mega-sized farms of the current modern factory farm system were suddenly beset by a shortage of modern petro-based pesticides and herbicides, those farms would all suffer massive crop failures, and food would become scarce all around the world in less than two years.

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Siemens said the factory would employ 700 people making blades and turbine units for offshore wind farms.

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Siemens has said the factory would employ 700 people making blades and turbine units for offshore wind farms.

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The biogas will be produced from 41, 000 tonnes of maize, grass silage and food waste from local farms and businesses, including Poundbury-based Dorset Cereals and the House of Dorchester Chocolate Factory.

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