
Household pets responsible for up to 30% of US meat environmental impact
Just last week a report found that American citizens’ insatiable appetite for meat is resulting in the largest-ever...

LIVIN Farms make it easy to grow edible insects at home
If growing a desktop hive for edible insects, or mealworms, makes you squeamish, you may start to sing a different...

New super-strain of E. coli resists all known antibiotics
If you've ever experienced food poisoning from E. coli, you already know just how unpleasant an infection can be....

James Cameron asks us to fight climate change by eating less meat and dairy
James Cameron, most notable for his direction of award-winning films and deep-sea diving endeavors, is wearing...

Sign this petition to stop the sale of dyed baby chicks as toys
[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qweGRMfJBdE&w=537&h-302] Tourists on the Koh Lanta island of...

The Future of Medicine May Lie in the Fur of the Sloth
As bacteria become increasingly resistant to antibiotics, we're going to have to find a different way to fight...

Why, exactly, are chickens wearing sweaters?
We've knit mittens for koalasand put shoes on our dogs, but the question remains, what about the chickens? Do our...

Petition: stop Smithfield from feeding ractopamine to pigs, cattle and turkeys
Smithfield is one of the biggest meat production companies in the world, and in the U.S. it feeds pigs, cattle...

Toshiba's 'Clean' Factory Farm Produces 3 Million Bags of Lettuce a Year Without Sunlight or Soil
Does Toshiba hold the key to the future of factory farming? The massive tech giant recently unveiled their incredible "clean"...

Cowspiracy: "The Film That Environmental Organizations Don't Want You to See"
Cowspiracy Official Trailer from First Spark Media on Vimeo. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a feature-length...

Mishka Henner's Apocalyptic Photos Show How Factory Farming is Destroying The American Landscape
The images, discovered by Henner while researching satellite photographs of oil fields, look more like post-apocalyptic...

Report Finds Shocking 97% of Supermarket Chicken Contaminated with Bacteria
If you thought you were avoiding potential superbugs by buying organic chicken, you might want to reconsider your...

Prix Pictet Shortlist Reveals 11 Artists’ Visions of Consumption
Motoyuki Daifu - Project Family #10 It’s no secret that living space is at a premium in Japanese households,...

Ag-Gag Bills Seek to Outlaw Whistleblower Recordings of Animal Abuse on US Farms
In recent years undercover recordings of horrific abuses against animals have proven instrumental in prosecuting...

Humane Society Alleges Pigs Are Being Badly Abused at 2 of America's Large Swine Farms
After an undercover mission to expose cruelty at factory farms, the Humane Society has filed a legal complaint...