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Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

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.

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

Food Tank

“By regenerating soil health, sequestering carbon, and restoring biodiversity, sustainable ranching practices have the power to reverse the damage caused by decades of industrial agriculture.” Founded in 2016 by Cliff Pollard in the Bay Area of California, Cream Co. An assessment by the U.N.

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23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

Food Tank

Transfarmation and Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health focus on the experience within the animal agriculture industry. The plant was originally sold as both a cheap feed for livestock and a way to replenish soil, but eventually lost favor due to its aggressive growth.

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Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Modern Farmer

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. A wellhead in Boardman, Oregon.

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Advice from those organizing against factory farms

Modern Farmer

Resources SRAP has compiled the relevant laws concerning industrial livestock operations in each state. If included, this could take away states’ power to make decisions about the conditions of industrial animal agriculture locally. I brought it to the planner, and I brought it to the county commissioners.”

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

Modern Farmer

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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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

One estimate, informed by USDA data, suggests that 99 percent of livestock grown in the US is raised in a CAFO. This industry presents itself as a way to produce a lot of food while keeping costs down. This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice.

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