Free Range Farming And Sustainable Fishing Methods

Free Range Farming And Sustainable Fishing Methods

1. Free Range Farming

   • Advantages
     • Animals have access to the outdoors
     • Animals can graze and look for food
     • They are more likely to behave naturally and have a balanced diet
     • Some feel the animals have a better life
     • Some believe that the meat tastes better than intensively farmed meat
     • The animals can roam around and are less likely to spread disease
   • Distadvantages
     • Can be at risk form being attacked from predators
     • Can catch disease from wild animals
     • Can suffer from discomfort during extreme weather
     • More land is needed in free range production and it needs to be carefully managed
     • Can be expensive to buy
   • General Knowledge
     • Free range does NOT mean organic

2. Sustainable Fishing Methods

   • General Knowledge
     • Types of MSC sustainable foods
     • MSC = Marine Stewardship Council
     • Sustainable = Easy to be maintained at a certain rate
   • Advantages
     • Reliable food source
     • easy to get
     • If a country has a lot of fish they can gain a lot of money selling them
     • More can get jobs
   • Disadvantages
     • Easily infected
     • Over fishing can lead to a shortage of fish
     • Extinction of certain species
     • Poison, traps and toxins can kill sea creatures