One photographer’s mission to open people´s eyes to the global food industry

One photographer’s mission to open people´s eyes to the global food industry

Farmland already covers some 40% of all land on Earth and as the global population continues to grow, the food production industry is only getting bigger.
 
Renowned American photographer George Steinmetz wants people to realise the environmental issues that arise from food production and how diet choices they make can have far-reaching consequences. “That’s quite affecting emotionally when you hear the screaming of animals and everything. It’s a death camp.” says Steinmetz.
 
His candid photographs, often shot with a drone or from a motorised paraglider, open the doors to an industry that remains invisible to many consumers — pigs confined in cages; chicken facilities that process 10,000 birds an hour; and family farms that use modern technology to improve productivity.