Aquaculture is critical for feeding a hungry planet, but it does not need to be as reckless as it is today.

The American food system relies heavily on industrial animal agriculture. Thousands or tens of thousands of animals packed into one place have been justified by the industry as a way to feed more ...

Predictions for this year's hurricane season are unprecedented. Factory farms will make devastating storms and flooding even worse. Predictions for this year's hurricane season are unprecedented.

In recent years, researchers have begun using satellite imaging to detect methane plumes from factory farms — but the picture ...

According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hens in cages (Photo via Getty Images) Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new ...

They’re not clucking around. Animal activists blasted a plan to open an organic egg farm with 6,000 chicken on Long Island — calling it a “factory’ that could be a legitimate public health risk. The ...

Recent data analysis conducted by a human rights advocacy organization found that nearly a dozen international finance institutions directed over $3 billion to animal agriculture in 2023. The majority ...

The group Food & Water Watch bashed the continued growth of industrial livestock operations and repeated its call for a moratorium. The dominance of industrial-sized livestock operations continues to ...

New Mexico already has some of the largest mega-dairies in the country. CTFP, a so-called “clean fuel” program, could entrench and enrich these polluting facilities. New Mexico already has some of the ...