Animal Ag

a veterinarian checking pigs in a factory farm

Will COVID-19 Make Big Meat Look Like a Bad Investment?

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07.29.20

workers in a poultry processing plant dealing with fast poultry line speeds and insufficient social distancing and other protections.

Speeding Up Poultry Lines in a Pandemic Puts Workers’ Lives in Danger

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07.17.20

A still from the Burger King ad about reducing their cows' methane emissions

Op-ed: Burger King’s New ‘Reduced Methane’ Beef May Be All Hat, No Cattle

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07.16.20

A collage of a photo of the author Chase Purdy and the cover of his new book, Billion Dollar Burger

Inside the Race for Lab-Grown Meat

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07.08.20

loren poncia stands in the doorway of his barn

Civil Eats TV: Regenerative Ranching in a Pandemic

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06.16.20

Logan Stern, Robin Patel, Terrence Smith, Michael Adyson Strickland, and Noran Sanford (left to right) stand in the pasture they've created outside the prison yard at the Scotland Correctional Center, which was decommissioned in 2001.

Youth Are Flipping an Abandoned North Carolina Prison into a Sustainable Farm

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06.15.20

hogs in a truck being transported across country for meat processing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic

Struggling Farmers Are Selling Midwest Hogs Ad Hoc and Online

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06.08.20

veterinarian treating a bunch of pigs in a cafo

Industrial Meat 101: Could Large Livestock Operations Cause the Next Pandemic?

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05.29.20

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