The central claim of the article, "Factory food artificially cheap, bad for your health" is that, because Americans are beginning to grow more aware of the poor and harmful quality of life that American livestock face, big time farmers should change their methods of raising animals so that they can grow and develop in a healthy, environmentally friendly, and morally respectful manner. Because big business farmers deny their animals the right to a natural diet (grasses and bugs) and large, open areas to graze, the quality of livestock has deteriorated to the point where the meat products produced from such animals are toxic for human consumption. From this article, it is clear that the author assumes that certain values of a reader are connected to certain assumptions. For example, the author assumes that, because someone is reading about the inferior quality of living, the reader may change their own dietary habits and support farms that raise animals in a more humane manner. In addition, the author also assumes that, because this issue not only affects the quality of meat, but also the environment (feces are carted out and left in rivers and aquatic sources because the animals are kept inside- in the natural environment, animal feces are deposited on the ground, where they make the soil more nutrient rich), a person who is reading this might do something to improve the situation of these animals because they value the environment.
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