Research Guides: Student Project: Factory Farming: Secondary Sources

Animal Law Journals

The Animal Law eJournal is a Syracuse University College of Law publication which includes articles on a wide range of animal law topics including but not limited to farm animals, agriculture, and animal rights.
The Animal Law Review is run by students at Lewis & Clark Law School. It was "the first journal dedicated to animal law issues and today is the leading journal in this rapidly growing field".
The Journal of Animal and Environmental Law is a legal journal of issues pertaining to animal and environmental law authored by students and legal practitioners in the fields.
The Stanford Journal of Animal Law & Policy "was founded in August 2007 to provide a high-quality, widely accessible forum for the publication and discussion of animal law scholarship".

Animal Factory by David Kirby
ISBN: 0312671741
Publication Date: 2011-03-15
David Kirby "exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that contaminates our air, land, water, and food" in Animal Factory.

The CAFO Reader by Daniel Imhoff (Editor)
ISBN: 0970950055
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
This book is a compilation of essays addressing how the modern industrial agriculture system impacts "health, environment, animal welfare, labor, politics, economics" and more.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
ISBN: 1503331865
Publication Date: 2014-11-29
This 1906 book exposes "health violations and unsanitary practices in the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century".
Righteous Porkchop by Nicolette Hahn Niman
ISBN: 0061998451
Publication Date: 2010-10-19
Righteous Porkchop is a story of the author's "battles with the industrial farming conglomerates, a guide to avoiding unhealthy meats, and a very personal story of one woman’s reawakening".
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy; John Robbins
ISBN: 1573245054
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
This book "investigates factory farming, exposing how cruelly the animals are treated, the hazards that meatpacking workers face, and the environmental impact of raising 10 billion animals for food each year".

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains the National Agricultural Library Catalog (AGRICOLA). Using the search terms "Factory Farm" and "CAFO" in the "Books" and "Articles" search boxes will yield over 100 results on either query.