Animal Ag

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

Costco’s 100 Million Chickens Will Change the Face of Nebraska

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12.11.18

While Small Dairy Farms Shut Down, This Mega-Dairy Is Shipping Milk to China

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11.27.18

A chicken processing plant worker on the line. (Photo credit: Earl Dotter for the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center.)

Workers Fear Injury as Administration Clears Way for Faster Chicken Slaughter

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11.07.18

Dairy farm photo by Darinburt on Istockphoto.

What’s Behind the Crippling Dairy Crisis? Family Farmers Speak Out.

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11.05.18

Lagoons outside a factory farm in North Carolina. Photo CC-licensed by Waterkeeper Alliance.

A New EPA Rule Would Allow Factory Farms to Avoid Reporting Air Pollution

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11.02.18

A Decade Later, Another ‘Cage-Free’ Measure is on the California Ballot

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10.25.18

Elwood and Nora Pahi. (Photo © Thosh Collins)

Navajo Beef Brings Traditional Practices and Modern Business to Ranching

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10.08.18

pigs being transported by truck

Why Are Sows in Factory Farms Dying in Surprising Numbers?

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10.01.18

Hogs inside an Iowa concentrated feedlot operation. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA)

Iowans Unite to Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community

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09.27.18

dairy farmer

Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us?

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09.10.18