South of Hagge Park, the investigating agencies found tire tracks and weeds that had been knocked down, which could have been where trucks had disposed of the animals. Roos added that the river allegedly went up by a foot between Sunday, when the canoers first found the hogs, and Monday many of the animals were submerged. Tom Roos, an environmental specialist for the DNR, said it was difficult to tell how long the hogs had been in the river but said they believe the animals were dumped...

By 2003, 49 percent of tortilla production was in the hands of large industrial producers, and the Maseca Group alone controlled 70 percent of this sector of the market. This change in the production process unleashed a fierce battle between the interested economic powers, which at the time came to be known as the tortilla war. While the price of corn in the world market has increased in recent months due to its use in ethanol production, the increase does not explain the price hike in...

The report Industrial Animal Agriculture-Part of the Poverty Problem demonstrates that the cruel and hidden costs of factory farming (also known as industrial agriculture) results in lost livelihoods for people living in developing countries who depend on local farming for their survival. Arkangel for Animal Liberation :: Online News Magazine Front Page. The report Industrial Animal Agriculture-Part of the Poverty Problem demonstrates that the cruel and hidden costs of factory farming...

Brabant farmers have submitted planning applications to build several enormous complexes for factory farming pigs, reports the Volkskrant on Tuesday. The animals will be kept on two floors - giving the complexes the nickname of 'pig appartments' Local people are up in arms. Two other locations in Twenterand are also up for consideration. Keep personal data (cookie)?

Pigs brought down farming costs by aerating the soil; they kept sanitation levels high by eating household waste; they produced nitrogen-rich fertilizer. By 1981, the disease had ravaged hundreds of thousands of pigs - a natural disaster attributable to poor customs practices, or the will of the Vodou spirits. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (an agency of the Organization of American States), the...