Berkeley, California, has become the first city in the USA to ban factory farming following a historic vote on Measure DD ...

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A proposal to phase out large livestock operations in a major California agricultural county failed. California voters in the major agricultural region of Sonoma County overwhelmingly voted down a con ...

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"Transfarmation" sensibly explains how to change the mindset of food production for the benefit of all involved and ...

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Along with olives, Chalice Farm also grows perennial vegetables, fruit and nuts on their sunshine-drenched land surrounded by ...

Baux currently manages 16 acres of pond space, employs two workers, and is optimistic about the future of shrimp farming. Like Persaud and Baux, other farmers across the ancient country are banking on ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday it had “depopulated” birds from Pure Prairie Poultry Inc., which had previously informed the department it was unable ...

Sheree and Dylan Ditchfield do things differently on their dairy farm at Wendonside ... Every winter, animal activists release footage of farmed animals in mud, sometimes belly-deep.

For these reasons, he doubts automation will become the “absolute” future of farm work. “You build a relationship with the land, with the animals, with the place that you’re producing it.

The report discusses how this tech can reduce the impact of stress and disease on productivity, and, ultimately, help farm managers make management decisions more accurately. Helene Lanz, managing ...