Agriculture, Animal Agriculture and Industrial Agriculture

Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. Agriculture has become one of the most consolidated industries in the country.

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23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Transfarmation and Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health focus on the experience within the animal agriculture industry. Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health by William A. history of “othering” people and things that come from far away. Masters and Amelia B.

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The Agriculture Resilience Act Is a Win for Sustainable Nutrition Science

The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) of 2023 was re-introduced in Congress today. The ARA is comprehensive, science-based legislation that covers many topics related to environmental and climate concerns in agriculture, including conservation on both agricultural and pasture land, renewable energy, and food loss and waste.

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Cream Co. Meats Is Reshaping the Meat Industry One Farm at a Time

Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

“We’re living in a time when the health of our planet is in peril, and regenerative agriculture offers a beacon of hope,” Pollard tells Food Tank. “By Pollard explains there are many barriers standing in the way of a more sustainable meat industry, which make it especially difficult for independent producers to be successful.

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Advice from those organizing against factory farms

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

“I think collective action is key, whether it’s Food and Water Watch or any other environmental organization that’s working on factory farm issues, or environmental issues around agriculture, where you can have a sphere of influence. Don’t just do this on your own.” Learn more and take action here.

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Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. Agriculture has become one of the most consolidated industries in the country.

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Biogas From Mega-Dairies Is a Problem, Not a Solution

Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

These digesters are becoming more common, particularly at larger dairy operations housing thousands of cows, called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This is partially because they have been included as a key ingredient in the Biden administration’s pledge to reduce methane emissions in animal agriculture.

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Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our editors, staff writers, and freelance contributors have a wide selection of food and agriculture books to recommend, both for gift-giving purposes and for the quiet moments you carve out for yourself. We hope our Holiday Book Guide can help create a calm harbor of sorts during this often-harried end-of-year season.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Growing up i n Michigan, the rapid consolidation of dairy farms due to industrialized agriculture led her family to the very difficult decision to sell their dairy.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Growing up i n Michigan, the rapid consolidation of dairy farms due to industrialized agriculture led her family to the very difficult decision to sell their dairy.

Farming

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture

Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

We’re here today to sign the bill that continues our commitment to having a vibrant agriculture industry,” DeSantis announced. Integrating cultivated meat technology with more traditional forms of agriculture could also help reduce the impacts of meat production and its drain on natural resources, Gaudette suggests.

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The Upcoming Farm Bill: What’s Needed (Courtesy of Civil Eats)

Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

While the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have been holding hearings and listening sessions since the beginning of the year, progress has repeatedly stalled amid fights over the debt ceiling and appropriations bills that still have not been finalized. production has not kept pace.

Farming

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Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Farm Sanctuary has recently expanded to advocate for broader changes across the food system, beyond ending animal agriculture. There has always been a recognition that while the beings that we center are farm animals, the interrelated issues caused by factory farming hurt all of us—animals, people, and the planet.

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This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

While the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have been holding hearings and listening sessions since the beginning of the year, progress has repeatedly stalled amid fights over the debt ceiling and appropriations bills that still have not been finalized. production has not kept pace.

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GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In response, for more than a decade, groups that represent organic farmers, food companies, and consumers have been working on a set of enforceable animal welfare standards that are currently very close to being finalized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). We Explain Why. Progress, Thwarted.

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Agriculture Informer

Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

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The Agriculture Resilience Act Is a Win for Sustainable Nutrition Science

Cream Co. Meats Is Reshaping the Meat Industry One Farm at a Time

Advice from those organizing against factory farms

Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Biogas From Mega-Dairies Is a Problem, Not a Solution

Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

The Upcoming Farm Bill: What’s Needed (Courtesy of Civil Eats)

Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

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