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An octopus farm proposal sparked global uproar from animal welfare advocates, scientists and ordinary people – including one 9-year-old.

If you’re looking to reduce your water impact, eating less meat is a great place to start.

Different U.S. and U.K. regulations, plus limited FDA testing, leave questions about antimicrobial resistance in imported Scottish salmon.

Research links hurricanes and drought with increasing risks of antibiotic resistance genes, which are concentrated in manure.

In the North Carolina Sandhills, a sprawling data center project threatens to repeat the past, stirring memories of a chicken processing plant disaster.

The one thing glyphosate has in common with the screwworm outbreak, deforestation, climate change and bird flu.

Iowa voters want their next governor to tackle the state's cancer crisis, but Big Ag has other plans. 

So far, both candidates — Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn — have raised the issue of cancer and water quality along the campaign trail. But they have something else in common: major donations from companies who would benefit from maintaining the status quo.

There are no federal methane standards for manure digesters, leaving operators to rely on voluntary guidance.

Extreme heat has changed what it takes to produce a glass of milk.

Some pig and poultry farmers incorporate tiny fish into feed because of the nutritional benefits, but critics warn that overextraction of these fish could disrupt the marine food web.

The department quietly reversed course on Biden-era rulings meant to enforce equal treatment and transparency on how meat companies pay farmers.

New research and local testing are raising community concerns about “forever chemicals” moving from contaminated biosolids into crops, livestock and the food supply.

For decades, Danish pig farming has seemed untouchable. But this spring, animal welfare was a defining issue in what became known as the “pig election.” After Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen secured a third term, the government coalition announced a historic program aimed at shifting the industry away from ultra-intensive, export-driven factory farming.

The campaign’s success offers a case study for advocates elsewhere. 

In Iowa, where nearly one-third of the United States’ pigs are raised, and there are almost eight pigs for every human, most people aren’t aware of how animals are treated on factory farms, says Austin Frerick, an antitrust researcher from Iowa. But increasingly, they are paying attention to factory farming issues by way of the ongoing water, cancer and economic crises: The state has the fastest-growing cancer rate in the United States and some of the most polluted waterways.

“So many people are barely getting by. We live in such a gilded moment…most people are struggling,” says Frerick. “If they actually knew the state of how pigs are raised, they’d feel bad, but they just want bacon. What really matters to them is they can’t enjoy the lake. This is how the system impacts them.”

The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms.