New Documentary "Common Enemy" Reveals Devastating Environmental Impact Of Factory Farms On Small-Town America
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Humane League (THL) today releases Common Enemy, a gripping short documentary directed and written by filmmaker Adam Peditto, offering a look at the sobering consequences of factory farms, also known as concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFOs). As the number of American farms continues to decline and with 80 percent of domestic food production now controlled by a handful of major corporations, farmers, environmentalists, and animal welfare advocates find themselves united against one common enemy: industrialized animal agriculture.
- "Common Enemy examines the vibrant yet often-overlooked rural communities suffering at the hands of corporate factory farming.
- "This short film brings to light issues of environmental justice, worker justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and animal welfare.
- In Oklahoma, nearly 200 million animals are raised and slaughtered each year, nearly all in factory farms.
- In a single year in the US alone, factory farms produce 1.4 billion tons of manure —five times the waste of the entire US human population.