CAFO

Concentrated (or Confined) Animal Feeding Operation, also known as a 'factory farm'. In industry/government publications, CAFO will usually signify "Concentrated". Many non-industrial organic farmers and animal rights advocates prefer "Confined" as a more accurate adjective for the term CAFO. A quoted Google query for each variant reveals that "concentrated" outnumbers "confined" approximately 6-to-1 in search results.

Traditional organic farmers often oppose the arrival of CAFOs and factory farms in their areas.

by VocabularyGuy June 02, 2006

CAFO

Concentrated (or Confined) Animal Feeding Operation, also known as a 'factory farm'. In industry/government publications, CAFO will usually signify "concentrated". Organic farmers and animal rights advocates prefer "confined" as a more accurate adjective for this term. A quoted Google query for each variant reveals that "concentrated" outnumbers "confined" approximately 6-to-1 in search results.

Traditional organic farmers usually oppose the arrival of CAFOs and factory farms in their areas.

by VocabularyGuy May 30, 2006