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Factory Farms

Emissions Impossible: How Big Meat and Dairy Are Heating Up the Planet

"Most of the top 35 global meat and dairy giants either do not report or underreport their emissions. Only four of them provide complete, credible emissions estimates." (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Iowa is suffering under the enormous weight of a business that has no respect for the people, environment, animals and future of the state."

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

chicken and needles

Experts warn without urgent action on a global scale, "by 2050, almost all...

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Global Demand for Meat Amounts to 'Appetite for Destruction,' Says New Study

Julia Conley, staff writer

Report points to massive need for land to grow feed crops as an overlooked cost...

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With New Leadership on the Way, Public Health Experts Demand WHO Take on Factory Farms

Has Last Shoe Dropped in Fight Against Superbugs?

'Climate Tax' on Meat and Dairy Would Sink Emissions and Diseases: Study

Millions Face Hunger by 2030 Without 'Deep Transformation' of Agriculture: UN

Global Investors to Big Food: Cut Meat to Avoid 'Protein Bubble'

Antibiotics Expert Warns It's 'Almost Too Late' to Stop Global Superbug

Farm Sanctuary Gets Lift from Celebrity Couple Jon and Tracey Stewart

As McDonald's Signals Major Shift, A Reminder That 'Cage-Free' ≠ 'Cruelty-Free'

'Apologies... But the Farmers Are Coming'

Utah's 'Ag-Gag' Law May Have Found First Legal Targets

With Help From USDA, Factory Farms 'Masquerading' Products as Organic

Vandana Shiva, the respected author and activist, says the world should be focused on food security instead of devoting limitless resources to oil and unsustainable energy production that threaten to devastate the planet and its people if left unchecked.

'Food Hero' says to Value Soil, Not Oil

Newswire

The Cornucopia Institute

USDA-Backed “Factory Farm” Takeover of Organic Milk Production Crushing Family-Scale Farmers and Forcing Them Out of Business

Food & Water Watch

FDA Investigating Possible Link Between Factory Farms and Tainted Lettuce

Food & Water Watch

USDA Inspectors Pressured to Keep Line Speeds Up Under Privatized Inspection System

Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Big Meat and Dairy Companies are Heating up the Planet: New Report

Food & Water Watch

Calling for a Ban on Factory Farming in the United States

Food & Water Watch

Groups to Call for First Ever National Ban on Factory Farming

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Patty Lovera

Trump’s Farmer "Bailout," Explained

Lee Camp

The No. 1 Cause of Climate Change the Media Don’t Mention

Wenonah Hauter

What Fossil Fuels and Factory Farms Have in Common

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

Kenny Torrella

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

Glenn Greenwald

The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms

Mark Devries

New Drone Footage Exposes the Scale of Factory Animal Farming Like Never Before

Sue Sturgis

NC Lawmakers Want to Shield Factory Farms from Big Damage Payments to Victims

Karen Stillerman

Even Without an Agriculture Secretary, Trump’s Cabinet Says Plenty about Food and Water Plans

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