Intensive Farming

A new report from Greenpeace suggests AI is exacerbating global power inequities.

Organic food is a $52 billion enterprise, fueled by wealthy consumers convinced they're avoiding the alleged harms endemic in "industrial agriculture." Is there any science behind that belief, or is it just high-priced marketing hype? Let's take a closer look.

Giant blobs along 5,000-mile-wide sargassum belt has killed animals, harmed human health and discouraged tourism

The facility in western Ohio was licensed to house about 280,000 young hens raised to lay eggs. The destruction came amid egg shortages linked to an avian influenza outbreak.

Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren't working this time, experts say. The virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging for a new approach. "I call this virus a terrorist," said one egg farmer, who lost 6.5 million birds to H5N1 in two weeks.

In Belgium, a new BirdLife Europe report shines light on the extraordinary carbon storage potential of Europe's ecosystems. The EU could meet its climate targets by restoring and conserving these ecosystems. Key findings: ·      13.22 billion tons of carbon storage potential: Fully restored natural ecosystems across the EU could store ≈ 13 billion tons of […]

Urine is rich in nitrogen, which is important for plant growth, and now scientists have found an efficient way of utilising this to make human wastewater into fertiliser

Several nominees may pose a threat to evidence-based public health

Corporations must be accountable for attacks that advance their business interests, researchers say.

The USDA pesticide residue report demonstrates the safety of conventionally grown produce, contrary to claims of anti-science activists like the Environmental Working Group.

Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.

Fossil fuel emissions have increased steadily for almost two centuries. Now, the world may soon reach an important turning point for climate change.

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Organic Consumers Association and Richman Law & Policy filed a complaint against Mission Produce on November 6, 2024, in the District of...

Severe flooding is, unfortunately, inevitable. What isn't inevitable is how ready we are, says Friederike Otto of World Weather Attribution

Sonoma County voters will decide on Measure J, which would ban concentrated animal feeding operations in the agriculture-rich region.

The spread of bird flu from poultry to pigs raises concerns over a potential threat to humans.

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu

The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a human threat.

By inoculating greenhouse na'u seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi, researchers hope to boost survival odds when the plants are returned to the wild

"Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs"