Ear to the Ground

Destroying the American West for Cheap Steak

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2025 A major new investigation details how the Trump administration is further empowering a pampered and lawless cattle industry. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

Methane Emissions From Big Meat Exceed Those From Big Oil and Gas

Georgina Gustin / Inside Climate News Oct 28, 2025 Ahead of the next U.N. climate summit, advocacy groups are urging companies and governments to tackle emissions from livestock. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu

Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News Dec 20, 2024 By deferring to the farm industry and neglecting the safety of agriculture workers, the government helped set the stage for another pandemic. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Environment

Livestock Industry Spent Billions Courting Academics to Discredit Research

Georgina Gustin / Inside Climate News Mar 20, 2024 A new paper traces the financial ties between the livestock industry and academic research. Dig deeper ( 9 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 )

A Hotter World Could Also Be a Hungrier One

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 20, 2018 A warmer world could mean shrinking harvests and a more meager diet for millions of people, according to two new studies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Female Reproductive Exploitation Comes Home

Carol J. Adams / Truthdig Dec 10, 2016 Gendered violence is practiced on a widespread scale across the country and occurs in ways many Americans might not realize, even under their own roofs. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

China Aims to Cut Meat Eating in Half

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jun 27, 2016 The Chinese government has issued guidelines to help wean its citizens onto a more vegetarian diet -- offering huge potential health gains and cuts in greenhouse gases. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 10, 2014 The animal agriculture industry is the primary cause of the destruction of the ecosystem. Becoming vegan is the most important step we can take to save the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Brazil Beef Tax Could Spare Forests

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 11, 2014 Scientists have come up with a prescription of taxes and incentives to address the Amazon rainforest’s health problems and cut greenhouse gases by encouraging Brazil's cattle farmers to make more efficient use of pasture land. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

CDC Sounds the Alarm on How Medicine and Agriculture Are Killing Us

BLANK Sep 19, 2013 Drug-resistant bacteria are causing the deaths of at least 23,000 Americans a year, a problem exacerbated by injudicious use of antibiotics in treatment of patients -- and their pervasive use in agriculture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )