These massive barns, which house hundreds of birds barely able to move their bodies, are a stark reminder of consumer-driven desire.
Humans consume almost 300 million cows each year. There are almost 400 million goats, 500 million sheep, and 1.5 billion pigs.
All of this pales in contrast to the humble chicken: we consume more than 50 billion birds each year.
Modern farming methods are one of the reasons behind this. Chickens are tiny and can be farmed for meat in large numbers, therefore chicken meat is (relatively) inexpensive and available to a large number of people.
Slower-growing chickens claim to be more expensive to produce, but animal campaigners claim they have a better quality of life.
While 'fast-growing' chickens, which means they may be butchered in four to six weeks after hatching.
They've been particularly designed to grow quickly and produce a large amount of breast meat, but their rapid development can cause issues, like expanding too quickly for their legs to cope, making them lame.
In some ways, many agricultural operations might be alarming to individuals who don't pay attention to how meat, dairy, wool, or leather are produced.
"A lot of meat has gone up in price," Hancock adds.
"Chicken and pork haven't changed. But I also believe that customers are unaware of what is going on since they are in sheds, locked away, and behind closed doors, so I believe that another factor is that consumers are unaware of what is going on.
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