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Industrial pig farm. Photo via honestmeat.com
There's a better way to do it. Find it! ~Thomas Edison
One of the problems with industrial farming is the use of antibiotics. 70% of antibiotics in the U.S. go to the animals. Unlike human use, industrial farmers feed it to their animals daily to prevent sickness and accelerate growth. That's like feeding your kids antibiotics every day (for the rest of their lives) as soon as they start nursery school so you can 1) fit more kids in a class and 2) prevent them all from catching each others' colds. Yup, that's crazy. BUT, you can do something about it! This overactive drugging impacts you because:
It creates superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics (like MRSA). Bacteria…
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