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 ...

Farming methods that support nature improve both biodiversity and crop yields, but more extensive measures may require ...

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 ...

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: ...

A globally adopted system of ‘intensive animal agriculture’ or ‘factory farming’ has met the growing demand for cheap animal products. Cages, stalls, feedlots, and huge windowless barns house the 98 ...

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 ...