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Each year, over a trillion insects are farmed for human consumption.
Dairy farming is the practice of raising animals such as cows, goats and buffalo to produce milk for human consumption.
Poultry farming is a popular method of food production that raises billions of animals each year for meat.
Touring a caviar farm gives a rare glimpse into the life of a captive sturgeon.
What does ChatGPT think about factory farming?
Top posts from 2022 and more.
In this explainer, we answer the question what is veal?
36 new factory farms are slated to open in Ireland, pending approval from the Irish EPA.
The plant-based industry skeptics are ignoring a crucial factor: price parity.
Climate change is causing more North Carolina farms to flood, killing animals and flooding the streets with their manure.
Oyster farming produces few greenhouse gas emissions but that doesn’t mean it’s good for the planet.
In 2015, more than 100 million metric tons of fish were produced from aquaculture operations.
Fish and other marine life are farmed in the billions, in the water-based equivalent of factory farming seen on land.
Communities around the world have raised and captured shrimp for centuries. Recent decades and growing demand have given rise to intensive shrimp farming.
70 percent of the world’s salmon comes from farmed fish operations.
Mariculture refers to the farming of fish, plants and other animals in salt water for human consumption.
The dairy industry is targeting Gen Z with a new social media campaign.
Meat companies are greenwashing beef with a “low methane” rebrand.
New analysis from the Animal Welfare Institute found that the majority of producers chose to kill their animals using ventilation shutdown plus heat.
Consumers say they prefer “cage-free” eggs, yet some producers are slow to adapt.
The global commercial fishing industry is valued at $150 billion per year. Here’s why it’s wrecking the planet.
Bolivia’s growing factory farm industry is putting the Chiquitano Forest at risk.
The vast majority of farmed animals are raised on crowded factory farms that cause climate emissions and environmental pollution.
A new video investigation documents Lidl’s fast-growing chicken breeds suffering in factory farms.
The amount of turkey meat consumed has increased 104 percent since 1970 — virtually all sourced from animals raised on factory farms.
After four years investigating one of Britain’s largest and most contentious pig farms, the team at Viva! shows just how far the industry is willing to go to hide the truth.
Foodsharing has rescued 178 million pounds of food from landfill since 2012. Yet experts say more should be done to combat food waste on a global scale.
Egg production is far from the idyllic image of a mother hen sitting atop her nest. Big Ag has corrupted the process, creating cheap eggs at the expense of billions of anguished chickens.
As the Supreme Court hears arguments in pork industry challenge to Proposition 12, a new investigation reveals cruelty of intensive animal confinement.
Media coverage often misses the root cause of factory farm pollution.