Factory farming, also known as intensive animal farming, is a rapid form of breeding farm animals in order to maximize production at the lowest cost possible. Pigs, cows, chickens, and many other ...

By Seth Millstein for Sentient. Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration An estimated 99 percent of farm animals in ...

Factory farming is a colloquial term, ... CAFOs are defined by the EPA as intensive feeding operations where many animals are confined and fed for at least 45 days per year (though it can be much more ...

Factory farming — the intensive confinement of chickens, pigs, and cows on a massive scale — developed in the second half of the 20th century to feed a growing, ...

These conditions – and the attendant risks – are not unique to this farm. Factory farming practices have been in operation around the world for decades. To compensate, there’s been an easy fix: ...

They say factory farm installations in the UK have risen by 12% between 2016 and 2023, threatening waterways and water quality. ... Intensive farming; More on this story.

The year 2024 was the hottest year on record. For the first time the average global temperature rose to 1.6C above preindustrial levels, exceeding the 1.5C vital to preventing accelerating climate ...