Factory farming is a common yet controversial practice that allows for the large-scale production of meat products. However, the system often involves the inhumane raising and handling of animals.

Eduardo Porter and his readers on the environmental benefits of free-range beef. February 14, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ESTToday at 1:00 p.m. EST Porter argued that pasture-raised, organic and grass-fed ...

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 ...

This reporting comes from episode 3 of the latest season of Marketplace’s “How We Survive,” which takes a closer look at how the climate crisis is also a food and agriculture crisis. How humanity ...

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms.

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 ...

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard boosts dirty energy, factory farms, and more environmental injustice. Now, we have an opportunity to change that. California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard boosts ...

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 ...

The measure would prohibit New York farms from owning more than 700 cows in an effort to curb factory farming. New York is the nation’s fifth-largest milk producer, with around 3,000 individual dairy ...