I was grateful to read Nicholas Kristof's article about industrial pig farming in the Feb. 23 edition. It is becoming increasingly clear how interconnected the web of life is on our fragile planet and ...

Industrial pig production was once seen as bad for the environment. But now, science has brought clever solutions. The sustainable livestock movement is already making a difference, working quietly to ...

In the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, locals have been contending with foul smells, dangerous drinking water and a deteriorating natural environment for years. The alleged culprit: industrial ...

DNA sequencing of bacteria found in pigs and humans in rural eastern North Carolina, an area with concentrated industrial-scale pig-farming, suggests that multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...