Animal Ag

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

cattle in a cafo feedlot

Public Health Experts Support a Ban on CAFOs. New Polling Suggests the Public Does, Too

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12.17.19

Tanasia Swift (center), the Community Reefs Regional Manager at the Billion Oyster Project takes oysters from the Paerdegat Basin in Canarsie, Brooklyn to be monitored by students who were invited to learn about the waterway and the role oysters have in it.

Regenerating New York Harbor, One Billion Oysters at a Time

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12.13.19

Laboratory hand holding lab-grown meat

Is Lab-Grown Turkey in Your Thanksgiving Future?

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11.26.19

(Photo credit: Melissa Cacioppo)

Woodstock Farm Sanctuary’s Thanksliving Celebrates Animals with a Vegan Feast

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11.26.19

Cory Booker in silhouette. Photo CC-licensed by Sean Davis

Will 2020 Mark the Rise of a Vegan Voting Bloc?

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11.14.19

Japanese Beef cattle. Photo by japanexterna.se

As Beef Comes Under Fire for Climate Impacts, the Industry Fights Back

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11.08.19

fram with a sheep on his halal farm and slaughtering operation

Sustainable Halal Meat is Making Inroads in Muslim Communities

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11.04.19

Worth and Hillary Kimmel with their foraging pigs.

Biodiversity and Animal Welfare are Paramount for These Second-Generation North Carolina Farmers

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10.24.19

Cows graze in a pasture at Twinbrook Creamery in Lynden, Washington. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.)

Meat Matters: 10 Years of Changes in Animal Agriculture

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10.22.19

Ranchers Emery Birdwell and Deborah Clark on the Birdwell Clark Ranch in Texas. (Photo credit: USDA NRCS)

Ranchers Denounce Corporate Control over Cattle Markets

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10.11.19

Geese photo by Amit Talwar on Unsplash

Could New York City End Foie Gras Production in the U.S.?

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10.01.19

jonathan safran foer we are the weather book cover and author photo copyright Jeff Mermelstein

Jonathan Safran Foer: Stopping Climate Change Starts at Breakfast

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09.20.19

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

Kamala Harris Democratic climate town hall Screenshot from CNN.

Climate Town Hall Brings Food and Agriculture to Center Stage

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09.05.19