Behind record harvests and global food supply lies a deeper cost: soil erosion, water depletion, and biodiversity collapse.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have successfully revived fungal specimens collected over 80 years ago, ...

April 22, 2022 The Collapse of Industrial Farming Robert Hunziker Photograph Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture – CC BY 2.0 ...

Salmar’s Ocean Farm 1 in Norway is a leader in offshore development, harvesting 10,000 metric tons of salmon in two farming cycles. Image by Tristan Schmurr via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have deteriorated and plant and animal species are disappearing. Landscapes are degraded and small ...

They found that, of the $3.3 billion spent on animal agriculture, $2.27 billion — or 68 percent — was put towards projects that support industrial animal agriculture, or factory farming.

Comment on industrial agriculture mostly appears in the mainstream only when something has gone awry. The current avian flu epidemic comes to mind, but it’s rare for the general public to step ...

Industrial hemp can be used for a lot,” Daniels said. “For your cars, for your home. You can build homes out of it.” James Ulmer III is also permitted to grow hemp. He sa ...

For that we need to get to the source. Industrial Agriculture: Providing Band-Aids for Hemorrhages Ironically, these toxic microbes are growing thanks to an agricultural practice that is widely touted ...

The rationale for industrial insect farming becomes even more tenuous when the purpose is to feed livestock. Perfectly good crops are fed to insects, which are then fed to pigs, chickens and fish.

But there have been signs of investment and green shoots for an industry that, advocates claim, has significant secular trends behind it, especially concerns about food security. Asset management ...

A new study looking into the impacts that large industrial farming has on biodiversity found that increased farm size causes a decline in bird diversity. Researchers studied how different farming ...