First, family farms are owned and operated by a family, where most of the labor comes from family members. Family farmers are natural stewards of the LAND which is usually handed down from one ...

A key part of combating climate change is reducing harmful emissions from meat production on so-called factory farms. One ...

Reid for Sentient. Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for North Carolina News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News ...

This new year began with the first human death in the U.S. from H5N1, the disease also known as Avian Flu or Bird Flu. More ...

Regenerative agriculture aims to restore the health of our soils through farming practices based on natural processes.

After criticism from animal rights group PETA, the dairy has taken down statements on its website describing its farm as “an ...

From safe beaches, to affordable drinking water, to their own family members and lives, Iowans are losing a lot to factory farms’ pollution. Leaders must act. From safe beaches, to affordable drinking ...

But by 2022, as corporations acquired more family-scale operations, that number increased to an average of 13,000 cattle. Starbuck said money generated by these facilities doesn't necessarily benefit ...

Other popular fluffy cows you see online are Highland cattle, a shaggy-haired, long-horn breed originally from Scotland and known for its hardiness. Lautner Farms, based in Adel, is home to the ...

Dr. Katherine Johnson is President of Johnson Consulting Group. For 30 years, Dr. Johnson has worked closely with investor-owned, rural electric cooperatives, and municipal energy utilities ...