Animal Ag

Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

August 8, 2022

This heritage breed has adapted to dry rangelands and may help regenerate the soil while needing less water and feed than other cattle. Ranchers in Southern California are helping them find a niche.

Meet the Group That’s Been Bringing Bison Back to Tribal Lands for 30 Years

By Gabriel Pietrorazio

July 26, 2022

The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Harlem, Montana, has gathered an estimated 45 buffalo during two ITBC transfers in 1996 and 2014. (Photo courtesy of the InterTribal Buffalo Council)

How an American Crisis Brought Together US Dairy Farmers and Mexican Farmworkers

By Lindsey Margaret Allen

July 20, 2022

Ruth Conniff and the cover of her book, Milked, about the dairy industry and dairy workers

California Dairy Uses Lots of Water. Here’s Why It Matters.

By Twilight Greenaway

June 30, 2022

A milk tanker drives by a dairy feedlot in California.

The Field Report: New Report Says Plans to Reduce Methane Fall Short on Big Meat and Dairy

By Lisa Held

June 29, 2022

California’s Sheepherders at the Center of an Overtime Battle

By Caroline Tracey

June 8, 2022

Delio Mantari Pastrana helps to herd a flock of sheep to a field near the U.S.-Mexico border to graze on alfalfa near El Centro, California. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

Seaboard Meatpacking Plant Must Address Workers’ Repetitive Motion Injuries

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest

May 23, 2022

meatpacking plant worker lifting a heavy piece of meat onto the cutting surface in a meatpacking plant

Op-ed: Monopolies Are Giving Chicken Farmers a Raw Deal. We’re Urging States to Act.

By Patti Anderson and Mike Weaver

May 2, 2022

Manual worker in farm for broiler chickens

The Field Report: Congress Grills Beef Industry Leaders Over Consolidation

By Lisa Held

April 28, 2022

Coy Young (right) and other ranchers testify in front of the House Agriculture Committee on cattle price fixing on April 27, 2022. (Photo by the House Agriculture Committee)

Civil Eats TV: Let Them Bee

By Naomi Starkman

April 20, 2022

Caroline Yelle holds a frame from her beehives while searching for a healthy queen bee.

The Field Report: Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health

By Lisa Held

April 19, 2022

industrial agriculture tractors working in a corn or soy or wheat field

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

By Philip H. Howard

April 7, 2022

Impossible alternative protein fake meat burger. (Photo CC-licensed by Ted Eytan)

A Regenerative Grazing Revolution Is Taking Root in the Mid-Atlantic

By Lisa Held

March 30, 2022

Chickens graze outside their mobile pen on Open Book Farm. (Photo credit: Mary Kathryn Barnet)

The Field Report: The Clean Water Act Has Failed to Curb Ag Pollution

By Lisa Held

March 22, 2022

An aerial view of farmland and irrigation canals running through the fields.

How the Largest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny

By Anna Lappé

March 15, 2022

Cow feedlot - How the Largest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny

Op-ed: The New York Times Took on the Food System. Here’s What They Missed.

By Sophia Murphy and Ben Lilliston

February 17, 2022

a screenshot from the new york times video about big ag and farm consolidation

The Field Report: A Deadly Bird Flu Resurfaces

By Lisa Held

February 16, 2022

a bird infected with avian bird flu looks ominously down

The Field Report: Ranking Chain Restaurants on Animal Welfare

By Lisa Held

January 26, 2022

SAN RAFAEL, CA - OCTOBER 01: Nutritional information is printed on the wrapper of a McDonald's Egg McMuffin October 1, 2008 in San Rafael, California. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday that makes California the first state in the U.S. to require chain restaurants to reveal calorie information on standard menu items. The law goes into effect in July 2009. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Ads for Livestock Antibiotics Fly in the Face of FDA Rules. Will the Agency Step In?

By Lisa Held

January 25, 2022

Agriculture - Overhead view of a mixed herd (Angus, Black Baldie, Hereford and Crossbred) of beef cattle at a feedlot; near Stillwater, Minnesota, USA.

Op-ed: Helping Small Processors Won’t Work Unless We Break Up Big Meat

By Anthony Pahnke

January 13, 2022

Chickens inside a barn at a farm. Photographer: Mary Kang/Bloomberg

The Field Report: Fake Chicken, Real Money

By Lisa Held

January 12, 2022

The Daring chicken advertisement. (Photo courtesy of Daring)

The Field Report: Biden Targets Consolidation in the Meat Industry (Again)

By Lisa Held

January 7, 2022

Meat Prices To Rise As Corn Supply Diverted For Ethanol Production

Betting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on the Cattle Market and Losing

By Lee Van der Voo, High Country News

December 16, 2021

illustration of beef cattle and financial figures

Glass, Plastic, Or PLA? Dairies Struggle to Replace Single-Use Bottles

By Gosia Wozniacka

December 14, 2021

Assorted dairy and dairy-alternative beverages in bottles at a Sprouts supermarket in Texas. (Photo credit: NeONBRAND on Unsplash)

Could a Rapid Test For Antibiotics Bring Transparency to the Meat Supply Chain?

By Lisa Held

November 23, 2021

Packaged pieces of meat on a supermarket showcase

Animal Ag

Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

Meet the Group That’s Been Bringing Bison Back to Tribal Lands for 30 Years

How an American Crisis Brought Together US Dairy Farmers and Mexican Farmworkers

California Dairy Uses Lots of Water. Here’s Why It Matters.

The Field Report: New Report Says Plans to Reduce Methane Fall Short on Big Meat and Dairy

Today’s food system is complex.

California’s Sheepherders at the Center of an Overtime Battle

Seaboard Meatpacking Plant Must Address Workers’ Repetitive Motion Injuries

Op-ed: Monopolies Are Giving Chicken Farmers a Raw Deal. We’re Urging States to Act.

The Field Report: Congress Grills Beef Industry Leaders Over Consolidation

Civil Eats TV: Let Them Bee

The Field Report: Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

A Regenerative Grazing Revolution Is Taking Root in the Mid-Atlantic

The Field Report: The Clean Water Act Has Failed to Curb Ag Pollution

How the Largest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny

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Op-ed: The New York Times Took on the Food System. Here’s What They Missed.

The Field Report: A Deadly Bird Flu Resurfaces

The Field Report: Ranking Chain Restaurants on Animal Welfare

Ads for Livestock Antibiotics Fly in the Face of FDA Rules. Will the Agency Step In?

Op-ed: Helping Small Processors Won’t Work Unless We Break Up Big Meat

The Field Report: Fake Chicken, Real Money

The Field Report: Biden Targets Consolidation in the Meat Industry (Again)

Betting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on the Cattle Market and Losing

Glass, Plastic, Or PLA? Dairies Struggle to Replace Single-Use Bottles

Could a Rapid Test For Antibiotics Bring Transparency to the Meat Supply Chain?