Though the report focused on antibiotic use, it warned of other additives used in meat in the United States, including zinc, copper, growth hormones, and debilitating beta agonists like ractopamine.
Are dying cattle the canaries in the coal mine? Farmers and ranchers are sounding alarms about the risks to human health of hydraulic fracturing.
In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams of upstate New York. The diners are here, with their checkbooks, to support a group called Chefs for the Marcellus, which works to protect the foodshed upon which hundreds of regional farm-to-fork restaurants depend. The
A few small studies yield promising results in using oregano oil to reduce antibiotic use in the livestock industry, but much more research is needed before its effectiveness can be clearly demonstrated.
MINNEAPOLIS --- As more consumers seek out antibiotic-free meat, some farmers are turning to oregano oil as an alternative therapy to keep livestock healthy. While some preliminary research supports the concept, scientists are reluctant to endorse many of the claims made about the essential oil’s healing powers. Resistance to
In this video, drones capture shocking aerial footage of the massive facilities that supply pigs for Smithfield Foods.
From RT: Thousands of huge pig farms in N. Carolina are spraying untreated animal waste into the air and contaminating neighboring communities, Mark Devries, who shot a shocking aerial video with a spy drone, told RT. This environmental problem “has for some reason received very little attention in the American press,”says documentary filmmaker
Other than oil drilling, much of the extra methane seems to be coming from livestock, including manure, belches and flatulence.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane — a potent heat-trapping gas — than the federal government estimates, a new comprehensive scientific study says. Much of it is coming from just three states: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. That means methane may be a bigger global warming issue than thought, scientists say.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten to send us back to the days when a simple infection could be deadly.
For millions in the United States, the onset of “nightmare bacteria” has adversely changed their lives. With at least 2 million infected and at least 23,000 people dying every year due to antibiotic-resistant bacterial, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated in a new
Attempts to seek the location of livestock farmers throughout the nation are creating a tug-of-war between environmentalists and farmers.
An attempt by the Sierra Club and Pew Charitable Trust to map livestock farmers throughout the nation is creating a tug of war between environmental organizations concerned about water quality and privacy advocates who claim the release of the information would make farmers and ranchers susceptible to attacks from animal rights
