Journalist Barry Estabrook knows how to enjoy a juicy heritage pork chop. He'll also be the first to tell you what intelligent, sensitive creatures pigs are. "I had no idea how smart they were until I ...

What is the most fundamental right for all living creatures? Most would agree that it is the right to life – the basic ability to exist without being caused harm. Every living thing on Earth has a ...

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely. Opponents of factory farms and ...

Twenty-five hundred cows produce as much waste as a city the size of Miami; many new, so-called "factory" farms are larger than that. Factory farms, officially called Concentrated Animal Feeding ...

We live in the era of factory farming, also referred to as 'industrial' or 'intensive' farming, characterised by high production volumes and a focus on cost minimisation. A report earlier launched by ...

In 2018, the African swine fever swept through China. It resulted in the loss of approximately 10 million pigs, leading to a ...

Pig farming and wastewater were among the factors that consistently contributed to river pollution between 2020 and 2024, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. A pig farm next to the Toachi River in northeast Ecuador. It’s hard ...