Big Meat Companies Are Making the Pandemic Worse

Mighty Earth asserts that the meat industry's reliance on factory farming and deforestation in the Amazon fuels the current pandemic and increases the likelihood of future disease outbreaks. The organization calls on supermarkets to cease contracts with companies like JBS and Cargill due to their roles in climate change, mass extinctions, and unsafe working conditions.

• The meat industry's use of factory farming for people and animals contributes to the spread of the current pandemic and increases the probability of future pandemics.
• Companies such as JBS and Cargill drive deforestation in the Amazon and other South American forests to expand cattle ranching and crop production, which accelerates climate change, causes mass extinctions, and increases human contact with new diseases.
• Tropical forest fires resulting from these practices cause respiratory problems and premature deaths, further endangering individuals with lungs already damaged by coronavirus.

APA

Hurowitz, G. (2020). Big Meat Companies Are Making the Pandemic Worse. Mighty Earth. https://mightyearth.org/article/big-meat-companies-are-making-the-pandemic-worse/

Chicago

Hurowitz, Glenn. Big Meat Companies Are Making the Pandemic Worse. Mighty Earth, 2020. https://mightyearth.org/article/big-meat-companies-are-making-the-pandemic-worse/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{hurowitz2020big, author = {Hurowitz, Glenn}, title = {{Big Meat Companies Are Making the Pandemic Worse}}, publisher = {Mighty Earth}, year = {2020}, month = apr, url = {https://mightyearth.org/article/big-meat-companies-are-making-the-pandemic-worse/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }