Since we developed agriculture, we have confined our animals. We have impregnated sows and fattened piglets for slaughter. The agricultural technique is simply different and on a larger scale. Thanks to innovations, agricultural methods have changed. There are also more people to feed in the United States. Meat prices must remain low so that every family, even the poorest, can afford to have meat protein in their diet. Now that meat is accessible to the poorest people, their diet is generally better than in the past (Deane, 2004). Activists opposed to factory farming have exaggerated the cruelty. Yes, there have been factories in deplorable conditions, but they are rare. A law was passed to protect animals on factory farms. They are not housed in the same way as humans, because they are not human. Humans have always eaten animals and they have always