Amy Maxmen / KFF Health NewsDec 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 )
Georgina Gustin / Inside Climate NewsMar 20, 2024
A new paper traces the financial ties between the livestock industry and academic research. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Reynard Loki / Independent Media InstituteAug 22, 2023
Factory farming, based on the cruel treatment and slaughter of animals, is also destroying the environment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkJun 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 )
Carol J. Adams / TruthdigDec 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 )
By Alex Kirby / Climate News NetworkJun 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 )
By Kieran Cooke, Climate News NetworkOct 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 )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigNov 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 )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkMay 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 )
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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 )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkFeb 7, 2013
American farmers could lose millions of dollars to rising temperatures, faster-growing weeds, smaller yields and new pests, says a study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 5, 2012
We learned back in the mid-1970s that livestock antibiotics increase the presence of drug-resistant bacteria in farmworkers. Since then, meat and poultry production has nearly tripled while business, government and public advocates have battled over industry regulation. ProPublica charts that battle's history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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