Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from animals to humans) because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. It finds ...

Long gone are the days when the salmon on your plate was wild caught. The demand for fish and shellfish has encouraged intensive fish farming, now set to overtake cattle ranching by the end of this ...

Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems. Fish farming, a form of aquaculture, is now the ...

Many words we use come with hidden baggage. For instance we tend to assume that local, natural and grass-fed foods are good for our health, the environment and animal welfare, while intensive farming ...