Good on Michael Pollan for speaking out about this. As for the students who "only get their info from writers like Pollan and who've never experienced a farm first hand...", well then why don't these "farms" open their doors wide and give tours? Could they possibly have many things to hide? The article does state that first-hand accounts of these places are hard to arrange. And those who have seen it first-hand only talk about cows knee deep in their own excrement. The article is fair and factual, even if it's portraying one side negatively, its just common knowledge, or at least should be, that they are unethical and profit-generated.