is produced to feed animals raised in CAFOs. Nearly 50% of corn and 70% of soy grown in the U.S.In the U.S., animals on CAFOs produce an estimated 885 billion pounds of manure each year, none of which is treated or regulated by a government agency.While much discussion is devoted to methane from cows, the massive feed-crop production and manure associated with all CAFOs-cattle, pork and poultry-are significant contributors to air and water pollution as well as climate-warming emissions. Globally, animal agriculture represents 14.5% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to causing immense animal suffering, raising this many animals in these conditions does enormous environmental damage. Each CAFO may hold tens or even hundreds of thousands of animals sealed inside in extremely crowded conditions. These animals are overwhelmingly raised on what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the agriculture industry call Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). At any given moment, there are over 1.6 billion chickens, pigs, cows and other animals being raised for food across the United States, and over 10 billion farm animals are slaughtered annually.
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