Climate shocks push producers to rethink global meat production

Joel Amenya, a butcher, displays meat at his Kisii Municipal Market butchery [Standard]

The demand for animal protein has skyrocketed in recent years. This has put tremendous pressure on production of meat, milk and eggs to match up with the ever rising needs of the ballooning consumers. The food animals are therefore selected to grow as fast as possible and produce using minimal resources such as space while maximising on profits. This system is called factory farming. But what are the consequences of this kind of farming?