As the world's population continues to grow exponentially, the area of ​​arable land is shrinking. As a result, new agricultural techniques have been developed to produce more food using less land. Many of these techniques are considered innovative but come at the expense of the environment or human morality. One example is the large-scale use of antibiotics in livestock feed, which has become a staple of the American agricultural industry. Of all the advances the agricultural industry has made since the days of horses and the plow, none have been as dangerous to human health as the use of subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics (Schneider). Antibiotics are useful for sick animals, just as they are useful for sick humans. In the livestock industry, their indiscriminate use on healthy animals, while economically beneficial to the meat industry, results in the reproduction of dangerous antibiotic bacteria called “superbugs” that have the potential to devastate the health of consumers. “We are talking about a pre-antibiotic era and an antibiotic era,” said CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden in his publication “Antibiotic Resistance Threats.” “If we are not careful, we will find ourselves in a post-antibiotic era.” era. For some patients and for some microbes we have already arrived" (Kestes, 2010). This scenario is just one of many situations where short-term corporate profit clashes with the environment and, consequently, consumer safety. In the modern agricultural industry, antibiotics are routinely administered to livestock such as chickens, pigs, and cattle to increase the growth rate of these animals. The livestock industry currently provides 70% of the nation's supply of antibiotics to healthy livestock. The remaining 14 and 16%, respectively, are used to treat... middle of paper... potential health effects that have been associated with CAFOs (gestation chambers), with problems ranging from respiratory illnesses for factory workers , contamination of air and groundwater, and the creation and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The study also states that antibiotics and steroids used in CAFOs are detected in groundwater and private wells near these facilities, and little to nothing is known about possible adverse health risks from chronic exposure to these contaminants. we eat in London”, (August 2013). BBC UK. www.bbc.co.uk.The future is now. Just last summer in London, the first in vitro beef burger, created by a team of Dutch scientists, was eaten during a press demonstration. This will aim to highlight how close we really are to being able to solve all our problems.