Agriculture
Agriculture
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
Despite mounting evidence of serious health risks, the U.S. continues to allow diquat use on farms.
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering of sentient beings.
Untreated windows can be deadly for wild birds—hummingbirds are particularly at risk.
Federal management practices favor private ranching interests over legally protected wild horses and burros, often at a high cost to the animals and taxpayers.
Society’s addiction to palm oil—the world’s most widely consumed vegetable oil—is killing critically endangered Sumatran elephants.
Workers were documented killing piglets by smashing their heads against the ground.
Factory dairy farms subject cows to continual suffering, and low prices, bankruptcy, and labor pressures create serious economic and personal challenges for dairy workers, while changing consumer habits and plant-based alternatives reshape the industry.
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a new global pollution stream.
People are growing less tolerant to violence against animals, and lawmakers are responding. But more needs to be done.
Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry.
Ninety percent of all communes dissolve early on. How has this Missouri collective been making it work since 2005?
As the European Union phases out animal research, the United States just wants more.
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
The diet of factory-farmed animals is linked to environmental destruction around the globe.
Pets and the industry that supports them are fueling the loss of wildlife populations around the world.