Tag: factory farms
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.
The animal feed industry’s impact on the planet
The diet of factory-farmed animals is linked to environmental destruction around the globe.
Tyson Foods uses land twice the size of New Jersey to...
“When a single company has leverage over so much farmland, its actions have substantial consequences."
The federal government shouldn’t be trying to salvage our broken food...
Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.
Cory Booker proposes to shut down new factory farms
"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.”
If factory farm conditions are unhealthy for animals, they’re bad for...
Lack of governmental oversight of factory farms has created a public health crisis of antibiotic-resistance diseases in people.
The scary new math of factory farm waste
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.
If we want antibiotics to work, consumers have to put big...
Our current factory farming model is broken – environmentally, medically and morally.
Bernie Sanders plans to take on Big Ag and end agri-business...
"What you want, and what I want, are more family farms in America, not more factory farms."
Mega farms are on the rise
Even though large farms can keep food costs low, as the human population continues to grow, we have to think about the costs to our health and the health of the animals and the environments involved.
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The MAGA Movement is Jonestown writ large
The reversion to primitivism bears a striking resemblance to the rise of the MAGA movement.
Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water
Amid pressure from chemical and utility industries, the Trump administration weakens key PFAS drinking water regulations—exposing millions to cancer-linked toxins.
GOP tax cuts for the rich advance as Republicans push record-breaking Medicaid and SNAP...
As House Republicans approve tax breaks for the wealthy, they simultaneously move to gut Medicaid and food assistance, rejecting all amendments to protect vulnerable Americans.
Why the right really hates the Postal Service
It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.