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Nesa Posted 15 years ago
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What does "factory agriculture" mean?

Hi,

What does "factory agriculture" mean?

Does it mean a factory producing agricultural products?

Regards,

Nesa
  

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I understand it to mean a farming operation which is highly automated -- big business. Eg, egg production with the hens in very small cages with the lights on 24-7 and the eggs carried away automatically by some sort of conveying system to an area where they're washed, tested, and sorted, and packaged automatically.

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  • I understand it to mean a farming operation which is highly automated -- big business.
  • Eg, egg production with the hens in very small cages with the lights on 24-7 and the eggs carried away automatically by some sort of conveying system to an area where they're washed, tested, and sorted, and packaged automatically.
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I understand it to mean a farming operation which is highly automated -- big business.

Eg, egg production with the hens in very small cages with the lights on 24-7 and the eggs carried away automatically by some sort of conveying system to an area where they're washed, tested, and sorted, and packaged automatically.
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Hi,

Thank you. And I have another question if you don't mind. Is US 66 the known Route 66?

"The photograph shows a family hitch-hiking from Joplin, Missouri to a sawmill job in Arizona and was taken on US 66 near Weatherford, western Oklahoma."

Regards,

Nesa
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Yes, "US 66" and "Route 66" both refer to the famous road of legend and song and a TV series.
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