Animal Ag

hemp farmer and a bunch of dairy cows

Could Hemp Be a Cash Cow for Dairy Farmers?

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06.26.19

Moving the herd of cattle at White Oak Pastures. Photo courtesy of White Oak Pastures.

Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off in a Carbon Farming Dust-Up

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06.19.19

Cattle in drylot at Threemile Canyon Farms in Oregon. Photo CC-licensed by Friends of Family Farmers.

Is Oregon Paving the Way for More Mega-Dairies?

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06.13.19

170 businesses are served by the Redd campus, including many via B-Line's menu of services. (Photo by Shawn Linehan for Ecotrust)

Mid-Sized Farms Are Disappearing. This Program Could Reverse the Trend.

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06.11.19

students eating school food in boston USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Boston Brings Sustainability, Equity to Its Food Purchasing

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06.10.19

scientist working on seaweed to help cows reduce their climate change impacts

Can We Grow Enough Seaweed to Help Cows Fight Climate Change?

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06.03.19

The Race to Produce a Slower-Growing Chicken

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05.28.19

Monica Brooks speaks at a press conference supporting CHAA. (Photo © Lisa Held)

The Battle Over Air Quality near Factory Farms on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

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05.20.19

red meat republic by joshua specht cover and author photo

How America Became the ‘Red Meat Republic’

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05.09.19

Maria Payan recalls her struggles living next to a massive broiler chicken operation.

New Film Captures the Brutal Reality of Living Near Factory Farms

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05.02.19

A 2011 photo from the NASA Earth Observatory showing the blue green algae bloom.

Factory Farms are Polluting Lake Erie. Will the Lake’s New Legal Rights Help?

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04.09.19

aerial view of the voelker family's dairy farm

How the Dairy Crisis Killed My Family’s Farm

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03.14.19

Dairy economics illustration by Lily Qian for Edible Manhattan

The Dairy Crisis is Hurting Organic and Grassfed Farms in New York

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03.13.19

Chapel’s Country Creamery farm owner Holly Foster in Easton, MD pours milk curd of fresh raw milk. (USDA photo by Bob Nichols)

Could the Raw Milk Boom Be a Lifeline for Struggling Farmers?

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03.12.19

dairy farmer walking his cows into the milking shed

Can This Radical Approach to Dairies Save US Farms?

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03.11.19

Andrew Abrahams

At This Small, Family-Run Dairy, Animal Welfare Comes First

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02.25.19

Marc Mousseau of Island Creek Plantation and his Ossabaw gilt “Keira”. (Photo © Jeannette Beranger/The Livestock Conservancy)

Can Heritage Pork Scale Up?

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02.05.19

Gorazd Trušnovec, a professional beekeeper in Ljubljana, tends to the beehives on the balcony of the offices of the prime minister of Slovenia

What the U.S. Could Learn From Slovenia About Protecting Bees

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02.04.19