Guest Opinion. This time of year, poultry gets a lot of attention, particularly turkeys. So I’ve been thinking about how we ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Large-scale farming has a well-earned rep as America’s top eco ...

Factory farms and slaughterhouses pose a tremendous threat to clean air and water, communities, wildlife, workers, our climate and a healthy environment. Over the past 40 years, animal agriculture in ...

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture buys food for its nutrition programs, nearly half the purchases go to food companies aligned with industrial agriculture, according to a new report, which ...

Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have deteriorated and plant and animal species are disappearing. Landscapes are degraded and small ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2019) As the New York Times wrote in November 2018, “The Insect Apocalypse is Here.” But can we reverse it? Pollinator Week this year is overshadowed by a greater, ...

An advertisement extolling the many benefits of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), an insecticide later banned worldwide under the Stockholm Convention on ...

At first glance, there’s not a lot of promise for farm system advocates with the incoming Trump administration. Take, for instance, Trump’s pick to serve as Agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins. The ...

An open letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation signed by nearly 500 faith leaders across Africa and organized and sent by the Southern African Faith Communities’ Institute (SAFCEI) emphasizes ...

In 2019, a group of researchers in Japan published a study that promised the potential to revolutionize sex selection for scientists, farmers, and potentially even human fertility treatments. The ...

An oasis within dry Chiquitano forest in eastern Bolivia, Concepción Lake and its surrounding wetland provide valuable habitat for 253 bird, 48 mammal and 54 fish species. However, despite being ...