A new interactive "ammonia map" shows that the UK's ammonia pollution hotspots correlate with the locations of major factory ...

Our food system is increasingly dominated by intensive animal agriculture known as factory farms, which are designed to produce as much meat as possible, cheaply and quickly. Nearly all animals farmed ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

The US House is set to vote on a five-year farm bill that could affect state-level animal welfare laws, while new UK data links ammonia pollution hotspots to intensive livestock operations. Provisions ...

When artificial intelligence companies began buying up plots of land to build data centers on, there was a loud and swift backlash to this intrusion. A litany of voices claimed data centers require ...

Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environment Ammonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with some of the greatest numbers of ...

In some parts of the continental United States, you might drive through a nearly unchanging landscape for hours. Stretching for miles and miles, vast swaths of soil are dedicated to growing crops—corn ...

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 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...

Civil society groups are urging the World Bank to shift livestock funding towards smallholder farming, warning industrial systems threaten Africa’s food security and sustainability.They are increasing ...