Iowans will soon elect their next governor, and the state’s water quality has become a top issue in the campaign. Democrat ...

A large-scale study of food orders at German university cafeterias suggests that climate, health and animal welfare labels ...

A survey taken this past spring shows a majority of Iowans say they have experienced negative environmental impacts from ...

Then came the vomiting and crying. She wasn’t gaining weight. Her parents took her to the hospital, and again a few days ...

Iowa is the U.S. state with the most factory farms: 10,830 of them, to be exact. The massive scale of animal agriculture in Iowa produces staggering amounts of manure, more than its fields of corn, ...

Decades of consolidation have pushed thousands of dairy farms out of business, as rising costs for feed, fertilizer, labor ...

The meat industry and its proponents worked hard in 2024 — not only to increase sales, but also to rebrand and remain relevant. While overwhelming climate science continues to point out the harmful ...

A new report from the World Resources Institute on its Coolfood pledge initiative observes progress and challenges in curbing ...

“Have you ever looked at a tree and thought, ‘Can I drink this?’” So begins the dairy industry’s most recent advertising campaign, Wood Milk, which aims to satirize the popularity of plant-based milk ...

In a new paper, University of Miami Professor Jennifer Jacquet and a team of researchers argue that the industry-funded National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) knew about the harms of beef ...

In 2023, activists were recorded entering a poultry farm in California and removing ducks from the farm. The activists were part of the group Direct Action Everywhere, which often operates open ...

Climate change is far more than a problem for humanity. The vast majority of victims of heat waves, natural disasters, habitat change and other calamities will be non-human animals. In fact, we are ...