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As of 2018 the EPA counted 20,300 confined feeding operations active across the so-called United States. The department of agriculture estimated that there were actually more than 450,000 farms, but many of them are too small to be counted under the EPA's tally.<Ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/factory-farms-provide-abundant-food-but-environment-suffers</Ref>
As of 2018 the EPA counted 20,300 factory farms active across the so-called United States. The department of agriculture estimated that there were actually more than 450,000 farms, but many of them are too small to be counted under the EPA's tally.<Ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/factory-farms-provide-abundant-food-but-environment-suffers</Ref>


= Water Pollution =
= Water Pollution =

Revision as of 00:53, 6 July 2023

As of 2018 the EPA counted 20,300 factory farms active across the so-called United States. The department of agriculture estimated that there were actually more than 450,000 farms, but many of them are too small to be counted under the EPA's tally.[1]

Water Pollution

Regulatory Loopholes

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/factory-farms-provide-abundant-food-but-environment-suffers
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