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

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

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

The administration’s agenda expands protections for some, but still excludes almost all of the 10 billion land animals farmed ...

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

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

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, ...

There is a crisis growing across the U.S., leaving many farmers without the support they need, and many animals without adequate care. Amid the Trump administration’s vow to “rebuild the Great ...

At first glance, Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York, looks like most other industrial dairies. There are red buildings that house some 4,000 cows, a staggering manure pit and two ...

A staggering 37 million pounds of frozen chicken and pork products, much of it ready-to-eat, is no longer considered safe for consumption, after being shipped to retailers, including Trader Joe’s, ...

In the early 20th century, scientists discovered how to produce nitrate from air. This was key to the development of factory farming because nitrate is a very efficient fertilizer that is readily ...

Factory farms in California routinely avoid pollution regulations intended to protect the state’s water, finds a new white paper out of Stanford. Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State ...