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Smithfield to Shut Down World’s Largest Hog Plant

Smithfield Foods/YouTube Apparently, $400 million dollars is enough to get Smithfield to shut down their…

What Is a Hatchery?

A hatchery is used to raise eggs under controlled conditions. Most poultry hatcheries in the…

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1 in 4 Calories Produced in America Go to Waste

3 billion pounds of produce is thrown away every year—just in California. Another 20 million…

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The Food Waste Economy

Maen Mahfoud grew up in Syria, wanting to be a doctor. He began medical school…

Big Meat Is Pro Clean Meat

The largest meat lobby in America sees a future for clean meat. The North American…

What Is a CAFO? The Truth About Animal Agriculture

For the last century farming practices have shifted with the growth of technology from a…

More Pigs Than People in Spain

There are 3.5 million more pigs than people in Spain, an increase of about 9…

How Do Hog Farms Operate?

Hog producers are often contracted by corporate pork producers to raise hogs for processing. The…

When America’s Biggest Meat Company Came to Tonganoxie, Kansas

Residents were shocked at the proposal, not to mention the $500 million in tax-free loans the county had promised Tyson.

McDonalds Celebrates 50 Years of Big Mac: Estimated 11 Million Animals Have Been Slaughtered for the Sandwich

The Big Mac was first launched 50 years ago. Over the decades, the sandwich has…

Animal Transport in the EU

28 different sets of animal welfare rules exist in the EU. But the second the animals…