Tag: factory farms

Yale researchers found elevated cancer rates in heavily concentrated CAFO counties in California, Iowa, and Texas, adding urgency to concerns about manure waste, nitrate contamination, and rural drinking water safety.

The least humane way of culling poultry and pigs has become increasingly common.

Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.

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.

The diet of factory-farmed animals is linked to environmental destruction around the globe.

“When a single company has leverage over so much farmland, its actions have substantial consequences."

Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.

"Farmers and ranchers need a marketplace that compensates them fairly and Senator Booker's Farm System Reform Act is a big step in the right direction.”

Lack of governmental oversight of factory farms has created a public health crisis of antibiotic-resistance diseases in people.

Factory farms are exempt from reporting requirements under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Now a new tool can provide solid evidence of the environmental harm they can cause.