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Agriculture

'No Such Thing as Cheap Meat': Global Index Shows Industry Failure to Combat Climate Crisis, Antibiotic Resistance

cattle

Hundreds Rally, Dozens Arrested in Effort to Save Chickens from 'Horrific Cruelty' at Industrial Egg Farm

Jon Queally, staff writer

When more Americans see "what's happening behind the doors of factory farms, they know it's against their values."

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Humans Less Than 1% of Life on Earth, But Have Destroyed Half of Its Plants, More Than 80% of All Mammals

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

cows

"It is pretty staggering," said the lead researcher of the new study

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Calling for Overhaul of Nation's Food System, New Campaign Seeks Ban on Factory Farms

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

piggies

"We need to work together around the country to stop factory farms and protect...

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'Huge Win for Pollinators, People, and Planet': EU Bans Bee-Killing Pesticides

With 'Merger From Hell' Reportedly Approved by DOJ, Warnings of Agrichemical Chokehold on Food System

food diversity

Alarm Sounds After EU Regulators Greenlight Bayer-Monsanto 'Merger From Hell'

To Avoid Water Shortage for 5 Billion by 2050, UN Report Urges Nature-Based Solutions

chicken

Angering Organic Farmers and Advocates, Trump's USDA Kills Animal Welfare Rule

50+ Groups Back Landmark Effort to Halt 'Out of Control' Factory Farming in Iowa

Demonstrators march in Berlin on Saturday calling for an end to industrial agriculture. (Photo: Bund/Friends of the Earth Germany)

At Berlin March, Tens of Thousands Demand End to Industrial Agriculture

New Study: Big Ag, Climate Crisis Key Drivers of Ocean 'Dead Zones' Quadrupling in Size Over Last 60 Years

meat

Meat Tax Crucial, Says Analysis, to Combat Climate Crisis and Global Health Threats

chicken and needles

To Fight Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance, WHO Issues First-Ever Guidelines to Curb Use

Big Meat and Dairy’s Supersized Climate Footprint

farmland

Report Illustrates Dire Consequences of Corporate Consolidation Throughout Global Food Chain

Newswire

Friends of the Earth

Regressive GOP Farm Bill a Disaster for Environment

Patriotic Millionaires

Patriotic Millionaire Slams House Farm Bill: It's "A Cruel Piece of Legislation"...

Center for Biological Diversity

House Farm Bill Wipes Out Protections for Water, Wildlife From Pesticides

Environment America

Congress Should Reject Anti-Environmental Farm Bill

Organization for Competitive Markets

102 Farm and Food Groups Urge Senate to Include Checkoff Reform in 2018 Farm Bill

Direct Action Everywhere

39 Arrested as Hundreds of Animal Rights Activists Occupy California Factory Farm

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Views

Krissy Kasserman

Big Ag's False Solution

Wenonah Hauter

What Fossil Fuels and Factory Farms Have in Common

Patty Lovera

A Food Revolution: The Climate Case for a Factory Farm Ban

Glenn Greenwald

Six Animal Rights Activists Charged With Felonies for Investigation and Rescue That Led to Punishment of a Utah Turkey Farm

Elizabeth Enochs

Steve King Wants to Force States to Hurt Animals—and People

Krissy Kasserman

Nobody Should Have Hog Poop on the Walls of Their Home

Alfonso Saldaña, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap

A Cancer on Society: Monsanto Claims Right Not to Speak About Roundup

Kenny Torrella

McDonald's Once Made Progress on Animal Welfare, But Has Now Fallen to the Back of the Pack

Katherine Paul

From 'Sea to Shining Sea,' Industrial Ag Fouls America's Waterways

Bill Bigelow

The Real Irish-American History Not Taught in Schools

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