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42 votes
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Greenhouse gas emissions in US beef production can be reduced by up to 30% with the adoption of selected mitigation measures
18 votes -
Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe's livestock – Enorm intends to produce more than 10,000 tonnes of insect meal and oil a year
23 votes -
Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds
23 votes -
Denmark will introduce a levy on farm emissions in what is set to be one of the world's first carbon taxes on agriculture
26 votes -
A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster. (2023)
20 votes -
Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd US case tied to dairy cows
26 votes -
Florida is the first state to ban lab grown meat - Ron DeSantis
37 votes -
The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”
21 votes -
California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
7 votes -
Cow magnets
24 votes -
Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry
27 votes -
This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it's spreading
11 votes -
Scientific research suggests it might be a good idea to add python to your diet
20 votes -
Potty trained cows are no joke for the climate (2021)
21 votes -
Report finds that financiers providing billion-dollar support for industrial livestock companies to expand leading to unsustainable rise in production
5 votes -
The art of herding sheep | Local Legends
6 votes -
When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of sheep, but also a way of life at a crossroads
2 votes -
A tree a minute: One man planting 1440 trees in a day
7 votes -
What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
18 votes -
The world-first Danish strategy to encourage plant-based foods may contain a lesson for other nations looking to cut back on meat – build new demand first
9 votes -
Large livestock companies and lobby groups will target pavilions in a coordinated campaign at the UN climate summit, documents show
7 votes -
Americas’ first cowboys were enslaved Africans, ancient cow DNA suggests
24 votes -
Feeding seaweed to cows can cut methane emissions – Swedish study proposes government commission more research into environmental benefits of cattle feed additives
11 votes -
The republic of cows: Alaska has given an uninhabited, remote island to feral cattle
17 votes -
Meet the American nomad prepping for doomsday by living in a homemade cart pulled by sheep and drinking their milk | World Wide Waste
20 votes -
How to eat like a Celt
8 votes -
Seeking advice and resources for keeping chickens
I'm sad to admit it, but several members of my household have a crippling egg addiction and all our local suppliers are getting pretty stingy with prices. So we're breaking into the supply chain...
I'm sad to admit it, but several members of my household have a crippling egg addiction and all our local suppliers are getting pretty stingy with prices. So we're breaking into the supply chain and getting the good stuff right at the source
But seriously, looking to get some chickens soon and it's been difficult finding spesific details. Most of the resources I see either paint chickens as exceptionally easy and self sufficient, or details extremely technical info for business farmers. Just based on the info I can put together, I'm building a small coop (2.5m^2) and fencing a run that can extend out to about 10m^2. Think it should be enough for 5 or 6 birds and I'll line the house out with plenty of straw and make a little nesting nook. I'll need to let them out in the morning, feed them grain and kitchen scraps, close them up at night and keep a temporary pen for broody hens.
Is that it? Do I have to get spesific breeds or types? Will it be better to raise them from young or just get fully grown? Temps range from -5C to 32C trough the year so do they need insulation or cooling? Are the eggs just safe to eat straight out the chicken? What are the best chicken pun names?
Most importantly, are they good to keep around kids? My toddler has a very... enthusiastic love for animals but I know birds will not put up with her the way the cats or dog do. And is there any hygiene or parasite risks I need to be aware of?
Would really appreciate any advice or anecdotes people have to share about these animals.
35 votes -
In the Northern Rockies, grizzly bears are on the move. As grizzlies recover, they’re no longer content to roam within the boundaries we’ve contrived for them.
12 votes -
‘An insane amount of water’: What climate change means for California’s biggest dairy district
14 votes -
Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics
22 votes -
How Big Beef is fueling the Amazon's destruction
10 votes -
Inside Big Beef’s climate messaging machine: Confuse, defend and downplay
8 votes -
Japanese Jidori chicken is perhaps the world's best, but how good is it? We'll visit a Jidori "free range" chicken farm and then visit my favorite restaurant in Miyazaki
4 votes -
Denmark should aim to reduce beef and dairy production by introducing a farming emissions tax in order to reach its ambitious climate targets
3 votes -
How a shipping error 100 years ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry
7 votes -
Dairy co-operative Arla Foods has announced it will pay its farmers more money for the milk they produce if they meet new environmental sustainability targets
7 votes -
One year alone restoring an abandoned smallholding
2 votes -
Canada’s boar war - Wild pigs are invasive, destructive and dangerous, and their populations in Canada are exploding out of control. How can we fight back?
12 votes -
Can lab-grown dairy proteins give us a cow-free future? | Lab-Grown
6 votes -
I tried herding sheep, and the sheep won
7 votes -
Danes revel in 'dancing cow day' for first time since Covid outbreak – national event to mark organic dairy cattle's release from winter barns has been online only since 2020
5 votes -
The true cost of your cheap chicken
9 votes -
Is meat really that bad?
14 votes -
The nation’s first regenerative dairy works with nature to heal the soil—at scale
7 votes -
Washington State launches investigation into 200,000 missing cows
11 votes -
Clouds of mosquitoes have been so thick in southwest Louisiana since Hurricane Laura that they’re killing cattle and horses
5 votes -
How industrial chicken farming transformed an ‘alternative’ meat to the most consumed meat in the US
7 votes -
Nearly two million chickens at Eastern Shore farms set to be destroyed because of coronavirus-related plant shortages
10 votes -
Where have all the briskets gone?
6 votes