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Factory farms in California routinely avoid pollution regulations intended to protect the state’s water, finds a new white paper out of Stanford.
Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State are unaccounted for, the report finds, thanks to a combination of non-compliance...
Youth Art Month is a nationwide celebration in March! Though sometimes overlooked, art is a great addition to any homeschool. You may not consider yourself a particularly artistic person, but there are many options to include some form of art in your child’s daily or weekly schedule. Indeed...
For as long as there’s been livestock farming, there’s been poop, and the question of what to do with it. Common solutions include composting, anaerobic digestion and the old-fashioned use of manure as fertilizer. But on today’s factory farms, there’s often more manure than nearby land can...
Pharmaceutical giant Elanco Animal Health posted $1.14 billion in revenue in the final quarter of 2025, boosted in part by sales of Pradalex, an antibiotic used to treat respiratory disease in cattle and pigs. Though the company posted a net loss for the period due to additional expenses...
Minnesota regulators are asking the public whether the state’s rule to prevent agricultural nitrate pollution is strong enough to protect drinking water.
Nitrate levels rose in almost two-thirds of Minnesota community water systems tested between 1994 and 2018, according to an Environmental...
For decades, Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have worked at Tyson Foods’ chicken processing plants in Springdale, Arkansas, building communities and raising their families in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Until recently, they’ve lived largely without fear of deportation...
Happy March! The days are getting a little longer, a hint of spring is in the air, and something about it all improves my spirits. I hope it does the same for you! Though we know winter isn’t completely over and she may yet make her presence known again, there’s hope for the warmer days and new...
The spring season is here, which means it’s time for the spring holidays! While most people don’t forget about fluffy bunnies bringing candy baskets, St. Patrick’s Day sometimes gets lost in the mix. Be sure to take a few minutes to teach your children about St. Patrick’s Day and discover some...
As the military conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States escalates and spreads across the Middle East, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) calls on all parties to comply with international humanitarian law and international human rights law, including by protecting medical personnel...
Many Americans would object to putting a critically sick pet in a hot car to put it out of its misery. Yet since the latest U.S. bird flu outbreak began in early 2022, poultry farmers all over America are using heatstroke to kill sick birds en masse. That could change, however, with the...
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Southern right whales—once driven to near-extinction by industrial hunting in the 19th and 20th centuries—have...
On February 3, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a complaint alleging that Agri Star Meat and Poultry LLC — a kosher beef and poultry processing plant in Postville, Iowa — was “storing dead animal carcasses behind the facility” in a pile approximately eight feet high.
When...
Control of the U.S. House of Representatives this year could be determined by Iowa candidates’ positions on clean water protections, a new report from Food & Water Action finds. The statewide poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group and released February 17, found that 82% of Iowa voters polled...
Tell me if this sounds familiar: Your kids are arguing before you’ve had coffee.You’re answering a work message while explaining math.Someone is crying because their toast broke in half. And in the middle of all that… you’re supposed to be raising kind kids? Some days that feels like one...
New testimonies from physicians inside the Islamic Republic of Iran, shared with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), add to mounting evidence from health care professionals about the scale and severity of the recent nationwide crackdown, which many observers describe as the most violent in the...
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Agriculture is widely known to be the biggest driver of forest destruction globally, especially in sprawling...
“Processed Food Kills” flashes across the screen. Then, as boxer Mike Tyson bites into an apple with a rich ASMR crunch, the words “Eat Real Food” appear. The MAHA-sponsored Super Bowl commercial with a nod to the new nutritional guidelines was viewed by 125.6 million people on February 8...
For those of us living in northern latitudes, the morning dog walk is a non-negotiable ritual that often feels like a polar expedition. While our furry companions are protected by double coats and boundless enthusiasm for snow, our skin is left to battle the biting elements. The combination of...
House Republicans finally released their newest farm bill proposal, only for an East Coast blizzard to delay plans to start debating it. The House is now set to debate the bill beginning March 3.
The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 includes changes to pesticide law, animal welfare...
In the last few years, the industry developing cultivated meat, still sometimes referred to as lab-grown meat, has taken quite a few hits. But a new book by Bruce Friedrich, the founder and president of the Good Food Institute, or GFI, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for alternative...