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 ...

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 ...

Alison Caffyn received grant funding from the Economic Social Research Council. The first time I encountered an intensive “chicken shed” up close I was taken aback by just how massive it was – the ...

Jonathan Birch is at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. My three-year-old son adores animals. He has a farm in his ...

Joseph Chituyi and his wife Elizabeth Akwabi attending to their chicken at their farm at Ematsayi village in Lurambi. [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard] From ultra-modern chicken house to quality blankets for ...

A methane (CH 4) calculator, designed to tackle one of the most potent greenhouse gases (GHGs), could help reduce emissions from intensive livestock farming (raising cattle, pigs, or poultry in ...

Caitie Kuempel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...