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. It started sourcing scraps from places such as White Oak Pastures , a farm in Bluffton, Georgia committed to regenerative and humane farming techniques.
The Lunatic Farmer
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
But no additional differentiation exists, like the difference between grass finished and grain finished beef, or pastured poultry versus factory farmed. The report does differentiate between processed meats and unprocessed.
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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. With that has come the extreme overuse of antibiotics in livestock farming. Ron Mardesen stopped the use of routine antibiotics nearly 40 years ago.
Modern Farmer
APRIL 10, 2024
Some argue that intensive factory farms produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, in general, than extensive, pasture-fed systems. At first, it seems simple: “Better” meat is factory-farmed meat. Others disagree strongly with this, but say, for the sake of argument, we accept this as true.
Sustainable Food Trust
JANUARY 14, 2025
Stewardship strips around the edge of otherwise factory-farmed fields which are devoid of weeds, insects and most other forms of life (other than the crop itself), will do no more than mitigate the damage caused by intensive arable farming. That is also Roundup.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 21, 2023
Josh Tetrick swears he’d have another job if only all poultry producers farmed thoughtfully and could keep up with the appetite of a growing global population. The big idea: Create chicken meat in a controlled setting, with no harm to animals and a drastic reduction of the issues associated with problematic factory farming practices. “We
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 21, 2024
And of course, it’s not like for every PLNT Burger sold, a factory farm gives up five acres of land, or releases a cow from the slaughter line—actually meaningful solutions to the factory meat problem. Nor has eating plant-based meat made a significant impact on beef production, according to a 2023 report.
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