Response to 'Factory food artificially cheap, bad for your health' article

This article was about contamination in our food in recent times, how it comes about, and how to fix it. The author's claim is that factory farms are not only bad for the environment, but bad for the people eating the food they produce because they breed disease and contamination. One reason he uses is that The Chicago Tribune cited a USDA statistic stating that Americans spend significantly less of their income on food nowadays compared to a decade or two ago, and compared to other countries, because the quality of food has driven the price down because of these factory farms producing high amounts of low-quality meat more effectively and faster. He also talks about he gruesome living environments in which the animals live before they are slaughtered. These places are a great place to spread filth and disease between animals. He uses such phrases such as 'toxic' and 'food safety' to convince his audience how bad factory farms are, and how we should eat more sustainably. His argument is well thought out and definitely convincing to me through all of these tactics.