Animal Ag

photo of leah garcés of mercy for animals and the cover of grilled her new book on animal welfare and factory farms

Americans Eat More Chicken Than Ever. Leah Garcés is Working to Change the Industry.

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09.09.19

Composite photo of beef cattle eating grass in front of the Amazon rain forest burning

A Livestock Farmer’s Response to the Amazon Fires

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09.04.19

Tillamook creamery

Are Tillamook’s Small-Farm Ads Misleading Consumers?

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09.03.19

Pete and Gerry's egg sorting process. (Photo credit: Ada Cowan)

Is the Future of Eggs in Family Farms?

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08.15.19

An upstate New York dairy farm. (Photo CC-licensed by the USDA)

Small Organic Dairy Farmers Say the Rules are Stacked Against Them. One Rule in Particular.

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08.13.19

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