Activism

A Major Win Against Factory Farming Points to a Powerful New Direction for the Climate Movement

Nick Engelfried / Waging Nonviolence Oct 3, 2023 Small farmers in Oregon secured a big legislative victory over industrial factory farms, providing inspiration for wider action. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Africa

Feeding Big Ag While Africans Starve

Mutinta Nketani, Timothy Wise / Al Jazeera Sep 6, 2023 Industrial agriculture has failed to eliminate food insecurity in Africa. It is time for a radically different approach. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

There’s Nothing Natural About Modern Meat

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Media Aug 30, 2023 The factory farm industry wants you to believe in the superiority of "real" meat that's been pumped full of antibiotics and hormones. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

The New Science the Plant-Based Industry Needs to Know

Björn Ólafsson / Sentient Media Aug 23, 2023 A new study reveals that the plant-based industry has more troubles than the meat industry: it needs to sort out PR. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

Factory Farming: How to Fix Our Broken Food System

Reynard Loki / Independent Media Institute Aug 22, 2023 Factory farming, based on the cruel treatment and slaughter of animals, is also destroying the environment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Science

Does Animal Personality Research Actually Help Animals?

Björn Ólafsson / Sentient Media Aug 10, 2023 Animal personality research is trending, but the theoretical findings seldom helps animals, and could rather benefit the meat industry. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

How Horse Blood Literally Fuels Factory Farming

Kena Shah / Sentient Media Jul 13, 2023 In the livestock industry, it is standard to dose pigs with a hormone extracted from pregnant horses—a cruel and barbaric practice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Pesticide Silent Spring

Peter Kuper Mar 9, 2023 Dig deeper

Environment

A New Tax Credit for Biogas Could Be a Boon to Factory Farms

John McCracken / Grist Nov 1, 2022 Experts say the Inflation Reduction Act's push for biogas is "one step forward and two steps back." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Factory Farm Conditions Are Bad for People Too

Tia Schwab / Independent Media Institute and Stone Pier Press Dec 6, 2019 Lack of government oversight has created public health crises including antibiotic-resistant diseases, foodborne illness and flu epidemics. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Food & Water Watch: Carbon Tax Is a Sham

Lee Camp / Truthdig Feb 8, 2019 A legal expert who's made it his business to take on corporatism warns against market-based solutions to environmental problems. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Haven From the Animal Holocaust

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 3, 2015 Farm Sanctuary makes you ask: Do you want to abet brutal abuse and mass slaughter? Do you want to eat creatures that clearly have distinct personalities and emotions? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )