AYSHA AKHTAR: ‘I was giving a talk at a conference in Oklahoma about the public health dangers of industrial animal farming, or “factory farming” as it is commonly called. Each year, more than 64 billion animals are raised and killed for food globally. In the United States alone, 1 million animals are slaughtered every hour. … Continue reading Dr. Aysha Akhtar: I studied factory farms for years. Visiting one was far worse than I imagined.