A surprising large amount of pollution in cities has been found to come from farms and the health effects can be serious ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

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Many words we use come with hidden baggage. For instance we tend to assume that local, natural and grass-fed foods are good for our health, the environment and animal welfare, while intensive farming ...

Environmental charity River Action has launched a judicial review against Natural Resources Wales (NRW) following the regulator’s decision to approve the expansion of three intensive poultry units in ...