Factory farming is a common yet controversial practice that allows for the large-scale production of meat products. However, the system often involves the inhumane raising and handling of animals.

We live in the era of factory farming, also referred to as ‘industrial’ or ‘intensive’ farming, characterised by high production volumes and a focus on cost minimisation. A report earlier launched by ...

According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 100 billion land animals are being slaughtered globally each year. The meat-dependent society that we live in today is causing billions of ...

Factory farms devastate our health, environment, and economy. Our legal team is winning progress and protections against these industrial facilities — here’s how. Factory farms devastate our health, ...

Mercy for Animals president and CEO Leah Garcés has been an animal rights advocate fighting the factory farming system for more than two decades. But her approach to advocacy changed the day she met ...

Ninth Circuit hears argument in landmark lawsuit seeking to rein in pollution at thousands of unregulated factory farms Today, Food & Water Watch attorneys representing 13 groups appeared in court in ...

Bringing Western industrial animal agriculture—and its disastrous environmental and health impacts—to low-income countries will do more harm than good. This documentary wants to convince you to be a ...

The rapid spread of factory farms and the pollution they cause are being blamed for housebuilding being stalled across the UK. Many of the areas where waterways are too spoilt for new building to be ...

Tyler Whitley works with a group that helps farmers leave industrialized livestock agriculture, and says consumers can play a role. By Cara Buckley A few years ago, Tyler Whitley was working at a help ...

During the past six months I've been fortunate to go to a number of wonderful, inspirational, and highly educational meetings on topics ranging from animals in religion, to animal protection in Asia, ...