Tag: factory farming
Factory farms and the next pandemic: How industrial animal agriculture fuels...
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
Revealed: Meat industry behind attacks on flagship climate-friendly diet report
New evidence seen by DeSmog suggests this surge of outrage against the report was stoked by a PR firm that represents the meat and dairy sector.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs...
There is a bigger issue here too—one that poses an existential threat to human health. Farms like this are central to the emergence and spread of so-called “superbugs.”
Chickens are smarter than you think
Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.
Big Banks break their climate promises by propping up Big Meat
Massive industrial livestock financing sabotages major U.S. banks’ climate goals.
The rising tide of factory farms: A look at the growing...
There has been a 29 percent increase in cattle farms with 5,000 or more cattle since 2012, and a 17 percent increase in the largest chicken farms.
‘Narratives of delay’: How the animal pharma industry resists moves to...
A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.
EPA proposes improved water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering...
EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions.
A major win against factory farming points to a powerful new...
The victory could provide a glimpse of what a policy-focused national movement against the most climate-destructive forms of animal agriculture could look like.
How to fix our food system
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
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Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight
The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader
Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers
The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule
North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.