Plans to build a large factory farm capable of rearing 2.7m chickens a year are being opposed over fears it will lead to air pollution and foul odours. Forest Poultry Ltd has applied to build six 126m ...

Stephane Dahirel doesn't exactly say eat chicken and save the planet, but that is what he's hinting at as he opens a shed door on his intensive farm in Brittany, western France. The 30,000 chickens ...

This relentless growth is quietly pushing the planet’s natural resources to their absolute limit, reports The Guardian. A ...

I once raised pigs. And factory farms raise them today in conditions that are as unconscionable as they are invisible. By Nicholas Kristof Readers respond to Eli Saslow’s front-page report about the ...

Proponents says HB 2667 will let regulators catch up to discoveries about factory-farm pollution before 3 large-scale chicken farms set up shop in Linn County. A bill before the Oregon Legislature ...

Intensive livestock farms such as those found across the US are spreading across the continent, according to new data American-style intensive livestock farms are spreading across Europe, with new ...