Advocates of industrial farming often claim that without the factory model, not enough food would be produced to feed all of the people in the world. "Bigger is Better" is always quoted and that factory farming is the most efficient way to produce cheap food for the world. In fact this couldn't be more untrue.
What these advocates don't tell consumers, is that the low cost of food does not take into account the true cost of production. Some of these hidden costs include degradation of our water, soil, and air, damage to our health, or any of the impacts that are felt by the communities in which these industrial facitities are located. None of these costs are paid by the owners of factory farms but rather by the people who live in these communities.
No matter what country a factory facility is located, the practices are the same and as a result, it poses the same impacts to the community.