Green Party Policies : Intensive Indoor Farming of Animals

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election:

AR403 Intensive indoor farming of animals, fed on soya, grain and fishmeal, contributes to animal suffering, environmental destruction and pollution. It is also energy intensive, requiring high levels of mechanical and human labour.

The diversion of grain, pulses and soya into animal feedstock also contributes to human food shortages elsewhere in the world. We would therefore discourage these intensive indoor methods of producing low quality, fossil-fuel dependant, cheap food, and instead promote grass-based pastoral permaculture systems that mimic the animal’s natural environment.

This will result in a reduced level of meat, dairy and poultry consumption, but produce more nutritious food and improve animal welfare.

I would be interested to hear both positive and negative views on UK Green Party’s Intensive Indoor Farming of Animals policies in the comments below?