What are the advantages of free range farming?

The advantages to free-range livestock production are as follows:

• Animals are free to move around as they please and are not confined to small, cramped spaces
• Animals are free to socialize with others of their kind as they please
• Livestock are not fed a high concentrate ration every day, and instead are allowed to roam freely to find their own food to eat
• There is an increased health and welfare of animals due to a more natural diet and natural way of living
• Less labor (relatively speaking, though some part of free-range is actually more laborious than what is involved in CAFO operations), machinery, fuel, fertilizer, capital, and even vet costs when animals are being allowed free-range.
• Animals are not implanted with hormones or fed sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics. Antibiotics are only reserved for animals that are sick with some form of bacterial infection.