When we go to a restaurant or grocery store we may never consider where our food comes from.  We have stopped asking questions, important ones such as how did this hamburger get on my plate? What am I really buying when I order a chicken salad? The population of the world is exponentially increasing and one of the biggest fears is how we plan on supporting such a large amount of people,  so  we  wonder  how  can  we  optimize  our  input  to  maximize  our  output.  With  that mentality  it is  no  wonder  places  like  the  U.S.  and  China  have  driven  companies  to  industrial scales that strive toward this exact goal. But to what ends? How far are we willing to quantify and  systematize  things  such  as  nature  for  our  own  commodity?  Step  by  step  we  have organized nature for our personal gain including animals. From meat to milk we have created large  systems  that  have  strive  toward  optimization  in  production  to  feed  the  ever  growing demand and consumption. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are defined by the EPA where animals are confined for more than 45 days during a growing season in an area that  does  not  produce  vegetation,  and  meets  certain  size  thresholds.  These  operations  are growing at an alarming rate as traditional family farms are being pushed out of the picture. But what these CAFOs create in addition to animal by-products are environmental, personal and irreversible damages .  Projects  such  as  MVRDV's  Pig  City  started  to  explore  this  idea  of where  to  place  farm  animals  and  how  to  accommodate  them  better.  Through  analysis  of  the CAFOs we foresee that a more probable future for our meat production is one of compactness, efficiency  and  disregard  for  animals  as  organisms  and  more  as  a  cog  in  a  machine.