World & Nation
The recent emergence of famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen that has left more than 20 million people on the brink of starvation is a reminder of the difficulty of ending hunger around the world.
July 13, 2017
Science & Medicine
Farm animals are a key player in the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
July 11, 2016
Factory farms are harmful to the public and the environment, researchers report.
Nov. 17, 2006
America’s largest and heaviest-polluting “factory farms” will be required to obtain federal pollution discharge permits under regulations announced Tuesday by the Clinton administration.
March 10, 1999
California
Jim Bailey, founder of the Orange County Centennial Farm, has won an education award from the California Assn. of Nurserymen’s Orange County chapter for his commitment to agricultural and horticultural education.
Nov. 9, 1995
Maine: Most of the 200 animals are livestock that flourished centuries ago but no longer. Owner says they deserve protection.
Oct. 26, 1997
Crisis: Rapid and wide spread of foot-and-mouth disease hammers farmers and tourism industry. European neighbors battle outbreak on Continent.
March 25, 2001
For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides to charge fees for air-polluting animals.
Dec. 6, 2008
Panel to Study Livestock Concentration: There is no clear proof that the top four meatpackers--IBP Inc. of Dakota City, Neb.; Montfort Inc., of Greeley, Colo.; Excel Corp. of Wichita, Kan.; and National Beef Packing Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
Feb. 15, 1996
Your article “Drug-Free Food” (July 14) suggests that a ban on all antibiotics in animals would place livestock in danger from diseases.
July 21, 2003