Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Demonstrates Dangers of Industrial Agriculture and Factory Farming
Alex Pietrowski – The modern models of agricultural production are suicide.
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Drone Activist Captures the Truth About Factory Farming
Phillip Schneider – Why is it that when most people look at their plates they don’t see the real story behind what they’re eating?
Factory Farming Model to Blame for Outbreak of Deadly Pig Virus
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Did you know that over the past year, nearly 10 percent of the entire swine population in the US has been wiped out by a highly lethal virus? The virus, called Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), has been—at least in part—traced back to pig’s blood used in piglet feed. On June …
Study Proves Sustainable Farms, Organic Farming Beats Factory Farms
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times For those who are appalled at the way animals are treated in conventional livestock production, there is a better way. Sustainable livestock production practices include providing greater animal welfare, increasing biodiversity, and extending good working conditions to those who care for the animals, all while maintaining a profitable business. A …
Regenerative Food and Farming: The Road Forward
Dr. Mercola – Regenerative agriculture and animal husbandry are the next and higher stage of organic food and farming.
Toxic Algae and Red Tide – The Steep Cost of Factory Farms
Dr. Mercola – The region is being destroyed by industrial farming practices.
Industrial Farming Is Destroying Our Health and Environment
Dr. Mercola – There is a high cost to pay for cheap food.
Documentary Investigates Family Farming Practices Around the World
Dr. Mercola – 80 percent of the world’s food supply still comes from small family-operated farms.
CAFO Collapse – How Factory Farms Are Failing Fast
Dr. Mercola – We are now experiencing the consequences of manufacturing animals on factory farms rather than raising them properly.
Factory Chicken Farmer Invites Activists to See the Horrors of his Farm
Alex Pietrowski – “Being invited into a corporate farm to observer this is quite unique, as these farmers are under serious scrutiny by the corporations they work for…”
The High Price of Cheap Factory Farmed Chicken
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Demand for food at cheaper prices has dramatically altered the entire food chain. Today, food production revolves around efficiency—the ability to produce more for less. This mindset has significant ramifications for both animal and human health, and the environment. Today, nearly 65 billion animals worldwide, including cows, chickens, and pigs, are …
How – and Why – to Boycott Factory Farmed Chicken
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Organic Consumers Waking Times This article is for everyone who eats chicken. It’s not about whether eating chicken is moral or healthy. If based on your own ethical and nutritional requirements, you’ve already decided to eat chicken, please consider this advice: Only eat chicken that is organic and raised outdoors on pasture. If you …
How to Boycott Factory Farms
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Organic Consumers Waking Times There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including the top two: your health and animal welfare. But the big-picture reason is this. The only way to feed the world and restore climate stability is to restore efficiency to our food system. When we were hunters and gatherers, …
How Biological Farming Can Transform Your Food Supply for the Better
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Jerry Brunetti, an internationally renowned speaker, is the founder of Agri-Dynamics, a company that provides holistic animal remedies for farm, livestock, and pets. He’s also a co-founder of EarthWorks Natural Organic Products, which provides products and consulting services. Brunetti is a cancer survivor who can say he saved his own life …
American Meat—An Inside Look at Sustainable Farming in America
Dr. Mercola Waking Times “Thanksgiving is a time when many of us come together and share food and conversation with our family and friends. It’s a time when we celebrate our loved ones, and reflect on that which we are thankful for. In the spirit of the holiday, we are offering our documentary American Meat to you …
How Organic Farming Could Release Us From the Curse of Fertilizer
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Environmental pollution is a significant problem. But while most of the focus is placed on polluting industries, toxins like mercury and small particle traffic pollution, a major source of environmental devastation is caused by modern food production. Far from being life sustaining, our modern chemical-dependent farming methods: Strip soil of nutrients …
Factory Farms: Bad for Farm Animals and Human Consumers
Paul Fassa, Natural Society Waking Times Those idyllic (extremely happy) farm scenes depicted on most conventional dairy products, meat packaging, and egg cartons are far from the reality of how conventional meat comes to be. Unlike organic livestock conditions, factory farming puts animals in gruesome concentration camp-like conditions to prepare them for horrible deaths. If …
How GMO Farming and Food Is Making Our Gut Flora Unfriendly
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times Two studies published in the past six months reveal a disturbing finding: glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup® appear to suppress the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, leading to the overgrowth of extremely pathogenic bacteria. Late last year, in an article titled Roundup Herbicide Linked to Overgrowth of Deadly Bacteria, we reported on …
Goodbye, Factory Farm: ‘Food, Inc.’ Chicken Farmer Goes Rogue
The upgrades would have taken away all natural fresh air and sunlight to the chickens and increased stocking density, used three times the electric already being used, and drained more water from a well that couldn’t handle the increased flow. And once again our money was being spent on a company whim. We refused!
Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Investigation Into Georgia Chicken Farming (Video)
For the urban Georgian, it’s not obvious that Georgia is home to this massive industry, but hit the road to the north of the state, gaze at the rolling landscape and you might just glimpse the top of a shed or a feed bin, which more often than not will be the start of a mega farm, with countless sheds, housing as many as 300,000 chickens.