Typically, the people who operate these factory farms raise animals as contractors, also known as contract growers, for a regional company, like the Minnesota-based pork and turkey producer Holden ...

Despite a heavy environmental impact, industrial animal agriculture is largely exempted from federal and state air and water pollution regulations.

Dr. Michael Fox considers the multiple contributing factors—veterinary, ethical, and environmental—underlying an integrated perspective of what One Health looks like on the ground.

When VSD+ is used, excess heat or gas is pumped into the barns to speed up the process, though it can still take hours to kill animals. VSD+ has been increasingly used by the animal agriculture ...

According to World Animal Protection, more than 95 percent of these hens live in factory farming conditions. Chickens hatched on factory egg farms lead horrifying lives. Male chicks are nearly ...

In the US, nearly all meat, milk, and eggs come from factory farms, which are prone to being overcrowded, stressful, disease-ridden environments where animals are especially susceptible to infections.