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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 ...

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds has found evidence that we currently lack adequate information to reach a robust view of the relationship between ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) amongst wheat, Ile de France, France. House sparrow populations have been halved throughout Europe in the past 40 years. There are many factors contributing to the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 31 2021) To ensure long-term ecological, human health, and socioeconomic benefits, food production, distribution and consumption must transition from conventional to ...

Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses. Pollinators in the tropics are less likely ...

Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015 ...

Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farming ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated how large-scale livestock rearing may result in the emergence and transmission of novel, potentially zoonotic pathogens. They ...