Cattle Industrial Agriculture Processing 
Modern Farmer
APRIL 24, 2024
As the owner of a multi-generational farm, Mardesen has seen industrial agriculture and factory farming take increasing control over meat production in the last few decades. Cattle are often fed a corn or soy diet instead of grass, which can lead to illness.
Civil Eats
MARCH 11, 2025
One key reason: the industrial food chain and its ultra-processed foods are deeply dependent on fossil fuels. At nearly every step of this ultra-processed foods path from the field to the grocery store, fossil fuels are key. And methane emissions from ruminants, like cattle, are another significant source of climate impacts.
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Civil Eats
MARCH 13, 2024
His curiosity eventually landed Stone a tour of the project: Walz Energy, a joint venture between a cattle-feeding operation and an energy company. Although the state is known for hog production— hogs outnumber people 7:1 —the number of cattle in Iowa feedlots is increasing, too. population.
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Edible insects are already being used to feed poultry and farmed fish, but they could also be included in the feed of cattle and pigs. The entirely automated operation used the waste from breweries to feed the bugs; the black soldier flies can be used to boost the protein content in feed for cattle, poultry, pigs, and farmed fish.
Sustainable Food Trust
AUGUST 6, 2024
The couple have established a thriving low-input vegetable-growing business, supported by a small number of cattle and pigs that fertilise the land and provide the family with home-reared meat. Robinson never shies away from recounting the sometimes gorier details of the process.
Sustainable Food Trust
AUGUST 9, 2023
At the same time, diets are becoming increasingly ultra-processed at the expense of nutritious whole foods. Ultra-processed foods currently make up 57% of our diets. Early warnings of the potentially damaging effects of industrial agriculture and food processing technologies upon planetary and human health provoked a vehement backlash.
Modern Farmer
JULY 10, 2023
But thirsty crops and cattle have taken their toll: Amid California’s cycles of drought, excessive groundwater pumping has left Central Valley basins the most overdrafted in the state. And because the fresh fluid is costly to transport, dairy processing is highly regional, says Sumner.
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