Cattle Factory Farming Greenhouse 
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 23, 2024
The pet food industry traditionally relies on factory farm byproducts for its ingredients, a practice the industry touts as more sustainable as it produces less waste and cheaper food. Agriculture contributes at least 11 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions , and meat is the biggest contributor among foods.
Civil Eats
MARCH 11, 2025
The food system is responsible for an estimated one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions driving this crisis. Mismanaged farm waste on CAFOs has a climate toll as well, responsible for as much as 7 percent of global farming emissions. Theyve got their eyes on one: the food system.
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Sustainable Food Trust
JANUARY 14, 2025
Richard reports, stunningly, that he is sequestering 10 times more carbon than the farm is omitting, and this is despite the fact that he built his fertility with beef cattle. What we need is more public pressure for change!
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 16, 2024
Farm Forward recently published a major investigative report detailing systematic animal suffering and consumer fraud at Alexandre Family Farm—a leading large-scale organic dairy company with “well over 9,000 head of cattle,” according to co-owner Blake Alexandre—whose products are covered in certification labels.
The Counter
MAY 19, 2022
California is treating factory farm gas systems at dairy farms like they are devices that suck carbon from the air. Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons.
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
In other words, Vilsack argued, climate action could help save the American farm. The problem, the census data suggest, is that American farms, especially big factory farms that generate significant greenhouse gas emissions, are growing in size. million over the 2017 census. The EWG analysis found similar trends.
Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Not only has the FDA been unwilling to use its legal authority to reduce the massive overuse of antibiotics on factory farms in the U.S., In 2016, the agency banned the use of medically important drugs on farms solely for the purpose of making animals get bigger, faster. That change led to a big drop in overall drug use.
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