Feature
Cooke Aquaculture touts the jobs its salmon farms bring to the state, but local critics say the potential costs to their waters, livelihoods and wild Atlantic salmon outweigh the benefits.
Fisheries & Aquaculture•9 min read
Health•9 min read
News
Meat Lobby•5 min read
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Climate•5 min read
Explainer
The law survived sustained attacks from Congress, the Trump Administration and Big Pork. How is it so resilient?
Factory Farms•7 min read
Fact Check
Policy•6 min read
Food•12 min read
Feature
Could animal welfare and clean water motivate American voters?
Factory Farms•9 min read
Feature
New technology can detect pain in farm animals, but critics say it may do more to bolster the system than improve it.
Science•7 min read
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Food•9 min read
Investigation
Egg companies that received hundreds of millions of dollars in bird flu payments are ordered to settle for a fraction of the price.
Food•5 min read
Feature
The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms.
Climate•9 min read
Feature
Factory Farms•9 min read
Solutions
A new study finds that adding animal images to menus increases the odds of choosing the vegetarian dish by 22%.
Food•3 min read
News
New facility in southern Mexico will crank out 100 million sterile screwworms a week.
Health•5 min read
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