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The egg industry grapples with a grim practice: chick culling

03.25.2021
Jonathan Moens
Information on factory farms is spotty at best. The government has been blocked from doing more.
02.26.2021
by Madison McVan
New Oregon legislation would put a moratorium on building mega-dairies. What happens next?
01.21.2021
by H. Claire Brown
New EPA finding: Glyphosate harms 93 percent of endangered species
12.02.2020
by Sam Bloch
What do you call a cow getting a massage? A whole moo’d.
10.20.2020
by Jessica Fu
Fast-growing chickens have long suffered from unique health problems. Is it time to ban them from animal welfare certifications?
09.10.2020
by H. Claire Brown
Want fewer rats in cities? It starts with cutting food waste.
03.04.2020
by Michael H. Parsons + Jason Munshi-South
Taste testing the ice cream that cost $60 million to create in a lab
07.11.2019
by Paul Shapiro
Washington passed a cage-free egg bill in the name of animal welfare. Why are the egg industry’s fingerprints all over it?
05.09.2019
by Jessica Fu
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