Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

” Instead, they are accounted for in different sectors altogether: manufacturing and industry. . ” Instead, they are accounted for in different sectors altogether: manufacturing and industry. The same is true for plastic used in food packaging. Meanwhile, we collectively pay the true cost.

Food 123

Food Pesticide Fertilizer Processing 123

Wisconsin Farmers Union

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 30th, a Calumet County Circuit Court rejected a reckless attempt to eliminate environmental oversight of the state’s largest livestock facilities. The lobbying groups alleged the DNR lacked authority to require large livestock operations to apply for permits under Wisconsin’s ,, water pollution permitting program.

Livestock 52

Livestock Manufacturing Manure Ruralism 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

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.

Farming 108

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 108

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

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.

Farming 82

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 82

The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Those lesser-known companies tend to operate up the supply chain, and include Bayer and Syngenta, which sell the seeds farmers need and the pesticides they’ve come to rely on, and Nutrien and CF Industries Holdings, which manufacture synthetic fertilizers. Big Oil has been particularly egregious when it comes to climate disinformation.

Farmland 142

Farmland Food Seeding Fertilizer 142

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By the time Byron passed away in 1931, he had accumulated 2,000 acres, on which he grew timber and raised livestock. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. On the farm, Arthur raised some livestock and vegetables but mostly grew row crops like tobacco.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

But Mars believes that a regenerative paradigm shift can heal much more than the soil, transforming all parts of an industrial agricultural system that both contributes to and risks disruption from the climate crisis. Naoki Nitta The SalviSoul Cookbook: Salvadoran Recipes and the Women Who Preserve Them By Karla T.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145