Animal Ag

A dairy farmer delivering feed to his herd.

To Avoid Dumping Milk, Dairy Farmers Find New Market at Vermont Food Banks

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05.27.20

As COVID-19 Disrupts the Industrial Meat System, Independent Processors Have a Moment to Shine

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05.19.20

National Farmers Union president Rob Larew in a field with a herd of cows.

Op-ed: A Fairer, More Resilient Food System is Possible

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05.01.20

Op-ed: Don’t Blame Farmers Who Have to Euthanize Their Animals. Blame the Companies They Work For.

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04.30.20

poultry line workers processing chicken at a meat processing plant

Op-ed: As Tyson Claims the Food Supply is Breaking, Its Workers Continue to Suffer

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04.30.20

The Riverview Dairy Digester in Pixley, California. It receives manure from roughly 3,000 milk cows, plus replacement stock. (Photo courtesy of Maas Energy Works)

Are Dairy Digesters the Renewable Energy Answer or a ‘False Solution’ to Climate Change?

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04.24.20

Beef slaughterhouse workers at a meatpacking plant in Texas. USDA photo by Alice Welch.

Poor Conditions at Meatpacking Plants Have Long Put Workers at Risk. The Pandemic Makes it Much Worse.

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04.17.20

Rancher inspecting is pastured cattle. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

With Their Livelihoods Under Threat, Livestock Producers Pin their Hopes on Labeling

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04.16.20

Food safety inspection at a meat processing facility.

Critical Food and Farm Rules Have Been Rolled Back Amid Pandemic

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04.14.20

Carman Ranch cattle in winter. (Photo © Talia Jean Galvin)

Pastured Meat Producers are Facing Catastrophic Losses. These Efforts Could Help Them Weather the Pandemic.

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03.31.20

pigs in a cafo

Inside the Rural Resistance to CAFOs

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03.03.20

Jim Wieringa hangs the last of the fresh meat and edible organs in the cold storage room of the truck. One of the Island Grown Farmers Cooperative members, Ruthie Dougherty, director of Coffelt Farm Stewards on Orcas Island, has been working with the mobile unit since 1994. “Without the unit, there would be no island meat producers; without the unit, we're pretty much toast here," Dougherty said.

Photo Essay: Bringing the Butcher to the Farm

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02.20.20

Cattle in an Oklahoma feedlot. (USDA photo by Alice Welch)

Is Trump’s USDA Ready to Address Climate Change?

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02.14.20

Grass & Bone's butcher, James Wayman, working in the kitchen.

The Growing Trend of Dining at Your Neighborhood Butcher Shops

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02.13.20

Three pigs in a pig pen

Can an Industrial-Scale Meat Company Be Carbon Neutral?

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01.28.20

depressed farmer standing outside his barn, looking sad and hoping for smarter policy solutions

New Meatpacker Rules Won’t Support or Protect Farmers

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01.17.20

NRCS conservationist Dan Durham, left, with Stephen Becklund, manager of the J Bar L Ranch near Twin Bridges, Montana. (Photo CC-licensed by NRCS Montana)

The Plant-Based Movement to Transition Farmers Away from Meat and Dairy Production

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01.13.20

Lani Estill's sheep grazing at Bare Ranch. (Photo by Paige Green for NRCS)

In the Rush to Solve Climate Change with Lab-Based Foods, Don’t Write off Farming

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01.09.20