Plans for a new poultry farm which could house 180,000 birds have attracted more than two hundred objections. RH-J Farms has ...

Making clothing from water-intensive cotton has a major impact on the climate, so cellulose from other raw materials has come into focus in recent years as a more resource-smart method ...

Scientists have converted food waste into biodegradable plastic using bacteria, offering a dual fix for global food and ...

A Spanish court has ruled that government inaction on livestock waste pollution violated the human rights of residents in ...

A commission overseeing clean water laws in Missouri rejected requests Wednesday to toughen environmental rules for meat producers who residents say are skirting rules governing concentrated animal ...

As the European Union (EU) looks for ways to cut its agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and manage its energy transition, biogas and with it biomethane has gained renewed traction.

Will Potter’s “Little Red Barns” is an impassioned and thoroughly researched examination of factory farming and how it harms animals, the planet and us.

There, unsuspecting farmers used waste sludge from Galey and Lord for parts of 20 years to enrich their crops. Farmers in the area grow a variety of food crops, including beans and corn.

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.

In natural farming systems, cows eat grass and chickens peck for insects, turning things we don’t eat into food that we can. However in factory farms, animals are fed grain that could be used to ...

This seminar examines the production and management of this waste in North Carolina (USA) pig farms, focusing on the emergence of a corporate-driven, government-subsidized waste-to-energy sector that ...