We still haven't come to the conclusion that this shit is bad news? There's better ways, they just won't make people a quick buck.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/04/western-wisconsin-residents-try-to-turn-back-a-massive-factory-farms-dnr-permit/

#Wisconsin #factoryFarms #greed

Western Wisconsin residents try to turn back a massive factory farm’s DNR permit • Wisconsin Examiner

A contested case hearing against the DNR's permit to allow the Ridge Breeze Dairy in Pierce County to expand was held Tuesday in Eau Claire.

Wisconsin Examiner
Bang the Drumstick Slowly

About 26 billion chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is industrial farming.

The New York Review of Books
Little Red Barns: Exposing Factory Farms and Fascism with Will Potter

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Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England | Animal welfare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/government-outlaw-hen-cages-pig-farrowing-crates-england

A step in the right direction, at least.

#Farming #Frarms #FactoryFarms #AnimalWelfare #UK

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws

The Guardian

Rosenberg is an #AnimalRights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere, or #DxE, which is known for animal rescues & #protests that often garner national attention. #PerdueFarms is one of the largest poultry producers in the country & supplies major grocery chains….

#law #AnimalCruelty #FactoryFarms #AnimalWelfare

“This is not a whodunit. This is a why-dunit,” said Kevin Little, one of Rosenberg’s lawyers, during his opening statement.

He said Rosenberg, who has been charged with 3 misdemeanors & felony conspiracy, investigated the plant for 2 months before taking the birds & consulted a veterinarian who was concerned about images that appeared to show animals being boiled alive. Chris Carraway, her other atty, said in a statement that this “was a rescue, not a crime.”

#law #AnimalCruelty #FactoryFarms

Factory Farms Don’t Just Stink — They Make it Harder to Breathe, Too

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

The Good Men Project

#Trump’s sweeping tax-&-spending #law expanded safety nets for large commodity crop operations [#FactoryFarms], such as corn & soybeans, for feed & biofuels.

But #nutrition & #LocalFood programs #fruit & #vegetable growers depend on were slashed, & his #trade policies chilled demand from top export partners, according to government data & academic researchers.

#economy #agriculture #farmers #FamilyFarms #business #climate

Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too 

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

Grist
The Power of Agricultural Industry | KPFA

Guest: Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist who focuses on social justice and environmental movements, and attacks on civil liberties post-9/11.  He is the author of Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege and his latest, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable.   … Continued

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