factory farm

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noun

a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods

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Derived forms of factory farm

factory farming, noun

Words nearby factory farm

factor of production, factor of safety, factors, factor VIII, factory, factory farm, factory outlet, factory price, factory ship, factotum, facts and figures

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How to use factory farm in a sentence

Further compounding the risk is the tremendous centralization of the factory farm system.
9 Reasons to Beware Eggs|The Daily Beast|August 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But I challenge any reader of this interview to get an invitation to a factory farm.
Foer's Call to Arms|Jane Ciabattari|November 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
You see, this is a factory farm from fence to fence, except this forty which Polly bosses, and the utilitarian idea is on top.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
When I undertook the experiment of a factory farm, I placed the limit of capital to be invested at about $60,000.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter

It is not necessary to spend so much on a five-hundred-acre farm, and a factory farm need not contain so many acres.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
Countless schemes at length resolved themselves into a factory farm, which should be a source of pleasure as well as of income.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
I began to talk about the hen plant, and have wandered to my favorite fad,—the factory farm.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter