CAFOs and Intersectionality

 Intersectionality describes the effects of dramatic shifts in the world, such as climate change. The effects of climate change vary based on many factors of a person's identity, including geographic location, gender, and class. 

Similarily, CAFOs produce different effects on individuals with different characteristics, such as 

• socieoeconomic class: CAFOs hire low wage workers and produce meat that is consumed by low income communities. The working conditions of CAFOs greatly affect the well-being of these workers, although the wages provide them with some degree of financial stability.
• geographic location: CAFOs produce significant amounts of waste that pollute the surrounding communities. Geograhpic location, however, is linked to socieconomic class, as the poorest communities often experience the compounded of effects of living near CAFOs, including pollution exposure and low wages. 
• race: The workers near CAFOs are often minorities,
• livelihood: Industrial farming replaces small farms, depriving independent farmers of their livelihood. At the same time, however, it provides workers with stable jobs. 

Our discussion today (arguing for PRO CAFOs)