Feature
A Minnesota school district is sourcing food from small regional farms, channeling public dollars back into communities squeezed by agricultural consolidation.
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Investigation
Trump has cast the H-2A visa program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown.
Farms•12 min read
Solutions
An experiment in public dining is challenging the idea that good food should be a luxury.
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Feature
The Trump administration has cut funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as part of an effort to reduce what it deems wasteful spending.
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Solutions
At Gita Valley dairy, the cows are never slaughtered and the milk costs $18 a gallon.
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Fact Check
Raising backyard chickens isn’t as simple as it sounds.
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Perspective
The rise of the carnivore diet, and the search for simplicity.
Farms•9 min read
Solutions
An idea for prisoner cooperatives at San Quentin offers a more humane alternative.
Farms•9 min read
Review
Favorite stories from 2024 and reader predictions for 2025.
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Solutions
Once a contract chicken farmer, Tom Lim is farming his way out of debt with greens and mushrooms.
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Explainer
The global movement is against factory farming — and is also against one of its potential solutions.
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Explainer
CSAs offer some food system benefits — but are they practical and accessible?
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Explainer
‘Organic’ is better for animals — but not necessarily more environmentally friendly or healthy.
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Investigation
A growing number of backyard farmers confess they have no idea what they’re doing.
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Perspective
One popular defense of a meat-heavy diet is the “crop death” argument, but does the evidence actually stack up?
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Reported
In cities like Tucson, Arizona, neighbors are planting trees to provide shade — and food.
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Our most-read stories and biggest shout-outs from the year
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Reported
A new Dutch public-private partnership brings together cultivated meat companies with farmers.
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Explainer
Monoculture impacts our food system and environment — but most people have only a vague idea what it entails.
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Explainer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ensures the country's food, medical and cosmetic products are safe.
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Perspective
Often called Navajo, the Diné people were best known for herding sheep. Yet this Indigenous tribe originally ate a plant-rich diet of crops like beans, corn and squash.
Farms•7 min read
Explainer
Sustainable agriculture prioritizes natural resources and healthy soils but because the label is not well-regulated, any farm can call itself "sustainable."
Farms•10 min read
Explainer
Agroecology relies on traditional Indigenous farming knowledge to make farming more sustainable.
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Explainer
In animal agriculture, grazing is the practice of allowing animals to roam across land. Grazing allows animals to behave naturally but it also comes with many environmental downsides.
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Explainer
Food systems refer to different ways societies organize the production and distribution of food. While some types put a strain on the planet, others have a smaller impact.
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Explainer
Each year, over a trillion insects are farmed for human consumption.
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Perspective
What does ChatGPT think about factory farming?
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Analysis
Top posts from 2022 and more.
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Reported
A growing chorus of animal advocates and researchers argue farm animal gifts cause more harm than good.
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Reported
Exploiting wild fisheries for animal feed disturbs marine ecosystems, drives food insecurity and supplies an industry responsible for massive environmental pollution.
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Reported
British supermarkets are pouring millions of pounds into the UK’s beleaguered pig farming sector. Experts fear it may only make the problem worse.
Farms•6 min read
Reported
A new national strategy hopes to modernize the UK's food system by encouraging animal farmers to transition to more sustainable farming methods.
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Reported
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has caused the price of animal feed to skyrocket, intensifying food insecurity in much of the global south.
Farms•5 min read
Reported
The first cows arrived on the continent with Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. For many, milk is as much a drink as it is a symbol of their…
Farms•9 min read
Perspective
It's almost impossible to keep a factory farm free of disease. Culling doesn't always work. Antibiotics have their own host of problems, and vaccines do too.
Farms•4 min read
Explainer
An animal rights activist is a person who seeks to reduce non-human animal suffering. Want to learn more about animal rights activism? We've got you covered.
Farms•9 min read
Conversations
Emma Hurst and Mark Pearson, members of Australia's Animal Justice Party, sat down with Sentient Media to discuss their vision for a plant-based future.
Farms•11 min read
Investigation
For years, a dangerous salmonella strain has sickened thousands and continues to spread through the chicken industry. The USDA knows about it. So do the companies. And yet, contaminated meat…
Farms•41 min read
Explainer
To feed the world, food production simply has to change, and the growing climate crisis is making this change far more urgent.
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Review
Meat and dairy have become central tenets of today’s climate culture wars. A promising new documentary, Meat Me Halfway, looks to diffuse the situation.
Farms•4 min read
Perspective
Small, family-run abattoirs have been described as ‘cornerstones' of sustainable meat production but a new investigation from the UK nonprofit Animal Justice Project paints a different picture.
Farms•7 min read
Explainer
The meat industry is controlled by a few deeply connected corporations that wreak havoc on the planet and exploit workers and marginalized communities without consequence.
Farms•2 min read
Explainer
Given the many negative impacts that industrial agriculture has on the environment, health, and animal welfare, its place in society is coming into question.
Farms•10 min read
Feature
China’s animal welfare record is at the global center stage once again due to COVID-19. Sonakshi Srivastava sat down with Dr. Peter Li to unpack the country's most pressing welfare…
Farms•12 min read
Reported
Regenerative grazing's central claim—that a properly managed herd will restore soil health and save the planet—has garnered a lot of attention lately. But some are still deeply skeptical.
Farms•9 min read
Perspective
Since the pandemic began, sales of chickens to homeowners have been dramatically increasing. But is raising backyard chickens really any more ethical than supporting factory farming?
Farms•7 min read
Feature
Celebrities are joining thousands of others to commemorate the life of animal rights activist Regan Russell, who was fatally struck by a transport truck at a slaughterhouse vigil in Canada…
Farms•4 min read
Review
Centering the conversation around the activists, artists, and plant-based pioneers fighting for equality in the food system—and in their everyday lives—is the first step toward justice.
Farms•9 min read
Conversations
Lauren Ornelas is the founder of the Food Empowerment Project, a vegan food justice organization that shows people how various issues of oppression are connected to the food system.
Farms•5 min read
Reported
The food system is on the verge of collapse. To avoid future disruptions, we cannot continue using animals to mass-produce meat, dairy, and eggs.
Farms•4 min read
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