Human Health

Chemicals, including pesticides, used in industrial livestock production cause health problems, both for farm workers and consumers, as well as environmental degradation and biodiversity loss.

Furthermore, industrial livestock production tends to rely on routine use of antimicrobials to prevent the diseases that rely on routine use of antimicrobials to prevent the diseases that are inevitable when animals are confined in overcrowded stressful conditions. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the high volume of antibiotics in food-producing animals contributes to the development of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, particularly in settings of intensive animal production. In contrast, higher welfare livestock production systems do not rely on antibiotics as a core input and will therefore reduce the threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).