According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Analysis finds Oregon’s concentrated mega-dairies produce as much waste as more than two-thirds of the state’s human population Analysis finds Oregon’s concentrated mega-dairies produce as much waste ...

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 ...

Recent data analysis conducted by a human rights advocacy organization found that nearly a dozen international finance institutions directed over $3 billion to animal agriculture in 2023. The majority ...

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey And that is bad news for our planet. By Matt ...

The 2025 factory cow kill declined by over 90,000 head when compared to the 2024 cow kill, which means a drop of 21%.

Last year, with the support of a broad coalition of farm and environmental advocacy groups, Oregon. Gov Tina Kotek signed into law a bill that significantly reformed how large animal farms operate in ...

Industrial animal agriculture involves farming large numbers of livestock intensively. It's based on concentrated animal feeding operations that take place in large-scale, high-density facilities. It ...

There’s a silver lining to the so-called big, beautiful bill for Democrats. By Michael Grunwald He walked away from his family’s hugely successful ice cream business to crusade for a plant-based diet ...