State troopers cited concerns about animal rights activists as justification for blocking journalists from livestock crash sites.
The political back-and-forth resurfaces industrial animal agriculture’s contribution to the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance.
In areas with industrial agriculture, the decline of North American bird populations has been accelerating precipitously, according to a recent study.
Survey says majority agree fungi-based foods are sustainable meat alternatives with a protein profile that’s similar to meat, despite knowledge gaps around the reasons why.
An analysis links manure and the overapplication of fertilizer from agriculture to contaminated water, and suggests the EPA’s allowed limits are too high to prevent nitrate-related cancer, thyroid disease and birth defects.
For decades, hunger efforts have focused on general food security — simply ensuring households had enough calories. Daniel Leckie writes for @newsweek.com:
For the first time since 1982, the New World screwworm has been found in U.S. cattle. Seth Millstein reports:
The number of cattle, goats, sheep and dogs that have been infected with New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating fly, has risen to 12. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs reports for @forbes.com:
State troopers cited concerns about animal rights activists as justification for blocking journalists from livestock crash sites.
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The political back-and-forth resurfaces industrial animal agriculture’s contribution to the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Pesticides, fertilizers and habitat destruction are the likely culprits.
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Survey says majority agree fungi-based foods are sustainable meat alternatives with a protein profile that’s similar to meat, despite knowledge gaps around the reasons why.
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A new analysis links manure and the overapplication of fertilizer from agriculture to contaminated water, and suggests the EPA’s allowed limits are too high to prevent nitrate-related cancer, thyroid…
DOGE cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.
