Capital-Journal highlights a community’s fight against America’s largest
meat producer, Tyson Foods.
chicken production plant and slaughterhouse in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The blueprints call for 300 to 400 poultry grow houses and a chicken hatchery, feed mill, and meatpacking plant. But nearby residents, who are mostly farmers
themselves, are fighting back against the massive company’s plans.
demonstrate, urging city officials to deny the permits for the proposed chicken
factory.
Tonganoxie, said that waste from raising millions of chickens would pollute
both water and soil since chicken farms usually spray waste onto fields as
fertilizer. She’s particularly concerned about the antibiotics given to
chickens to enable them to survive their confined living conditions. She added,
“Their chicken feed has to be laced with it. They’re going to offer that to
people to put on pastures. It stinks.
considering Tyson’s egregious record of abusing animals, exploiting workers,
and destroying the environment.
responsible for dumping
more toxic pollution into our waterways than companies like ExxonMobil and
Dow Chemical.
practices, particularly toward undocumented workers, often forcing employees to
work long hours in hazardous conditions. A report by BuzzFeed News found that on
average, one Tyson employee a month is injured
by equipment and loses a finger or limb.
environment; it’s hell on earth for animals.
chicken farms have shown thousands of birds living in deplorable conditions and
many being thrown around and beaten.
workers violently punching, throwing, and otherwise maliciously torturing
animals. The secret video also showed improperly shackled chickens missing the
kill blade and having their heads ripped off while still conscious and able to
feel pain.
near a factory farm. By choosing delicious vegan foods, we can stand up for vulnerable communities, spare
countless animals a life of misery, and stop wasting resources.
making the switch, and more!