According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Analysis finds Oregon’s concentrated mega-dairies produce as much waste as more than two-thirds of the state’s human population Analysis finds Oregon’s concentrated mega-dairies produce as much waste ...

Twenty-five hundred cows produce as much waste as a city the size of Miami; many new, so-called "factory" farms are larger than that. Factory farms, officially called Concentrated Animal Feeding ...

Factory farming is a common yet controversial practice that allows for the large-scale production of meat products. However, the system often involves the inhumane raising and handling of animals.

Last year, with the support of a broad coalition of farm and environmental advocacy groups, Oregon. Gov Tina Kotek signed into law a bill that significantly reformed how large animal farms operate in ...

Six months after the Coalition to End Factory Farming filed a ballot proposal to prohibit future concentrated animal feeding operations, or “factory farms,” it’s nearing its goal for signatures. The ...

New Mexico already has some of the largest mega-dairies in the country. CTFP, a so-called “clean fuel” program, could entrench and enrich these polluting facilities. New Mexico already has some of the ...

Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State are unaccounted for, the report finds, thanks to a combination of ...

Sebastopol’s city council on Tuesday night narrowly adopted a resolution opposing Measure J, joining other Sonoma County communities in taking a stand against the countywide ballot measure that ...

Readers respond to a guest essay, “Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love Industrial Food.” They were at a much higher risk of malnutrition and missed out on the joy of a fresh Sumo orange in February. By ...

A recent essay in The New York Times by Andrew Jacobs called "Is Dairy Farming Cruel to Cows?" has generated a lot of interest because more and more people in the general public—not only pro-animal ...