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https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/almost-all-livestock-in-the-united-states-is-factory-farmed

Estimates are still quite high globally too. Around 94% of all globally farmed animals are factory farmed. 74% of all farmed land animals are factory farmed and virtually all farmed fish

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[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 week ago (7 children)

100% of farmed fish, too? Get outta town!

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It’s a tautology: of farmed fish, 100% are farmed.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

The factory farming definition they use is more specific than that. It's based on the numbers per location

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