The problem with the flu virus situation is not the fact that the pigs are fed drugs (that's a different ballgame..) but instead that they are kept housed so cl

The problem with the flu virus situation is not the fact that the pigs are fed drugs (that's a different ballgame..) but instead that they are kept housed so closely together that diseases can spread really fast. In the same way that you are more likely to catch a cold if you are sitting in a subway car full of infected people, versus standing in a field. Whether pigs are raised organically or not doesn't matter at all – the virus can still take hold easily. What's important is whether you raise the animals free range or factory-style (or in between..), and that sick animals are monitored and isolated ASAP. The less animals to get infected, the less mutations there will be.