Farm Animals presents various points-of-view and key players in the public discourse on animals in agriculture and the development and impacts of industrial farming on the welfare of livestock, including living conditions; methods of production and slaughter; differences among factory, family, organic, and free-range farms; the use of antibiotics and hormones; and the effects of consumer preferences. The accessible text, written at an 8th grade level, provides clear learning objectives for each chapter and is augmented by relevant charts, graphs, images, primary sources and other visual elements. Critical thinking prompts are interspersed throughout the text.