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The World Bank Is Pouring Billions of Dollars into Large-scale Factory Farms
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Roundup’s Surprising Connection to Industrial Meat
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AI Is Coming to Factory Farms. Will It Help the Animals or Just the Industry?
New technology can detect pain in farm animals, but critics say it may do more to bolster the system than improve it.
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Over 1,700 Cargill Meatpacking Workers Locked Out After Demanding Bathroom Breaks
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The Nation’s ‘Egg Mafia’ Made Billions. Their Fines Over Price Fixing Are a Drop in the Bucket.
Egg companies that received hundreds of millions of dollars in bird flu payments are ordered to settle for a fraction of the price.
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Cow Manure Could Be the Next Data Center Fuel
The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms.
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Sentient investigates and explains factory farms and their effect on climate, the environment, animals, health, politics and rural communities.