Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...

We propose a global ban on industrial animal agriculture by 2050 because this food system causes massive, unnecessary, and transboundary harm to humans, animals, and the environment. Addressing these ...

Tyler Whitley works with a group that helps farmers leave industrialized livestock agriculture, and says consumers can play a role. By Cara Buckley A few years ago, Tyler Whitley was working at a help ...

New York, NY, Nov. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sixty per cent of American adults believe factory farming puts profits ahead of taking care of the climate and our environment – according to new poll ...

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 ...

Guinea fowl in a poultry house in western France - Copyright AFP/File INA FASSBENDER Guinea fowl in a poultry house in western France - Copyright AFP/File INA ...

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) amongst wheat, Ile de France, France. House sparrow populations have been halved throughout Europe in the past 40 years. There are many factors contributing to the ...

Emma Garnett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. Surprisingly, it applies to both ...

BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota — In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point. For two decades, he had watched as his small farming ...

Factory Farming is an Automation & Logistics game themed around intensive agricultural practices! Build up an expansive industrial complex by growing, harvesting, refining and manufacturing a wide ...