As the increasingly infamous Swine Flu makes its way across the globe, the blame game has already started to sweep the nations, and the alarmist news channels are milking this flu epidemic for all its worth.

The actual cause is not yet known (although some sources are starting to track and point fingers at a “Patient Zero”), but many are speculating that this virus could be linked to factory farming. When the CDC and the USDA conduct their investigation in Mexico, they will start with the industrial scale pig farms that have been growing in numbers over the last decade - as demands for “the other white meat” have increased. With the draw of cheap labor and land, American pig companies have been opening up pig factories in Mexico, where the outbreak started.

These factories, which raise thousands of pigs, have been putting the smaller and safer farms throughout Mexico and America out of business. This virus is a perfect example of the harm that factory farming causes to animals, humans and the environment.

Perhaps events like this Swine Flu scare, and people’s growing awareness of the pure evilness of these kinds of places will help to change the way we produce our food on an industrial scale.