Iowa’s factory farms produce 109 billion pounds of waste annually, a 78% increase over 20 years, and more than 25 times the state’s human population A Food & Water Watch analysis of USDA’s 2022 Census ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hens in cages (Photo via Getty Images) Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new ...

President Biden has announced a disaster declaration in Iowa, opening up federal funding for Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth and Sioux counties, amidst deadly record-breaking flooding. As officials warn ...

Factory farms in Wisconsin produce 33 billion pounds of waste every year, about four times the amount of waste created by the state’s human population, according to a new report by Food and Water ...

Two billion more people could be fed every year if the world stopped feeding grain to factory-farmed animals, according to a new report published today by Compassion in World Farming. The world could ...

Factory farms have recently begun using mechanical anaerobic “digesters” to turn some of the animal waste they generate into “biogas.” Credit: Shutterstock In a major “greenwashing” offensive, many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lost Valley Farm was located in this area in Morrow County. (Brian Posewitz/WaterWatch of Oregon) The Lost Valley Farm was ...

WASHINGTON — The government proposed new rules Thursday that require factory-style farms to obtain permits when polluting rivers, streams and lakes with animal waste. The proposed rules from the ...

Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new report from Food and Water Watch about concentrated livestock operations in the U.S. That’s 25 times more waste ...