In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...

Factory farms devastate our health, environment, and economy. Our legal team is winning progress and protections against these facilities.

Recent data analysis conducted by a human rights advocacy organization found that nearly a dozen international finance institutions directed over $3 billion to animal agriculture in 2023. The majority ...

The American food system relies heavily on industrial animal agriculture. Thousands or tens of thousands of animals packed into one place have been justified by the industry as a way to feed more ...

Sebastopol’s city council on Tuesday night narrowly adopted a resolution opposing Measure J, joining other Sonoma County communities in taking a stand against the countywide ballot measure that ...

Chickens packed into spaces so small that many are unable to stand or walk. Birds panting due to overheating. Many have sustained injuries, and they all sit on a cake of fecal matter. That’s how a ...

According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Factory Farming is the term used to describe an area that raises livestock in confinement for mass production and is basically operated like a factory. The point of these so-called farms is to produce ...

During the past six months I've been fortunate to go to a number of wonderful, inspirational, and highly educational meetings on topics ranging from animals in religion, to animal protection in Asia, ...

Lawsuit challenges key California climate program incentivizing factory farm pollution nationwide A new interactive map, released today by the national environmental group Food & Water Watch, paints a ...

But now, industrialized, mass livestock farming —factory farming—is being increasingly funded by development banks. This is a problem because factory farming is a high-emissions method of producing ...