Pros And Cons Of Gestational Vegetables

One immense controversy that many people are unaware of is gestational stalls in swine protection. “A gestation crate is a steel crate that is approximately seven feet long and two feet wide” (Bob Segall). Gestation stalls are used for only pregnant sows before they give birth. The sows have their own food and water, which protects them from fighting over food. This is where the controversy begins, some say that “gestation crate is the definition of animal cruelty” and that the pork industry needs to change (Matt Dominguez). However the pork industry disagrees, especially with some farms popping up that don’t use gestation stalls. One farmer that works on one of these farms states “We do like giving the animals more movement, but injury on this farm is problematic” …show more content…
Many companies are disturbed by the gestation stalls and are trying to change the entire pork industry. “More than 60 companies including McDonalds, Burger King... and Kroger have promised to eliminate gestation crates from their pork supply chain within the next several years. They are joining Whole Foods Market and Chipotle, which have long stopped accepting pork from producers who use gestation crates” (Bob Segall). As you can tell there’s many different opinions about gestation stalls, which can make looking for sources very difficult. When researching about gestation stalls majority of the sources are polluted by the negatives and do not discuss the positives. That is why it’s very important to compare articles when researching a controversy. When researching gestation stalls, I found a fantastic source from a news article that explained both sides of the issue. The Author also interviewed several different people on both sides of the controversy, some for gestation stalls and some