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#Georgia Communities Are Pushing Back Against Big Chicken

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Chickens #Poultry #FactoryFarming #AnimalCruelty #Animals #Pollution #AirPollution #WaterPollution #Health #CAFOs #IndustrialFarming #AnimalWelfare #Animals #AnimalRights #Ecoli #Salmonella

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December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
cryearth.bsky.social
'Common pesticides and plastic chemicals stifle healthy gut bacteria'
www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/pest...

#IndustrialFarming #pesticides #PublicHealth #GutBacteria #GutFlora
Common pesticides and plastic chemicals stifle healthy gut bacteria
More than a hundred chemicals in pesticides, plastics and other products that people are routinely exposed to stifle the growth of health-promoting gut bacteria, according to a new study.
www.thenewlede.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
cryearth.bsky.social
'California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'"Forever chemicals" sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of "obvious problem"'

#IndustrialFarming #pesticides #PFAS #PublicHealth
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
cryearth.bsky.social
'Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #H5N1 #IndustrialFarming
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
porcelainteacup04.bsky.social
#GreenGiant #IndustrialFarming

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Tell Green Giant: Reduce Harmful Pesticides and Go Regenerative
Across the United States, industrial agriculture techniques like monocropping and overuse of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers contribute to topsoil depletion, biodiversity and pollinator loss, wat...
action.greenamerica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
cryearth.bsky.social
'Trump officials set to approve "forever chemical" as pesticide ingredient'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Critics say ... approval this year would put food and water supply at risk'

#Trump #GOP #Pfas #IndustrialFarming #pesticides #poison #PublicHealth #necropolitics
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
bigearthdata.ai
African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm
->The Mail & Guardian | #reparation #industrial farming | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm
Doreen Badze, a traditional healer and agroecologist, leads the way in restoring Africa’s food sovereignty. From planting seeds to harvesting nutritious crops like spinach and okra, she demonstrates how women farmers are healing the land, empowering communities and nurturing sustainable,...
mg.co.za
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
cryearth.bsky.social
'Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

'... 70% increase in related deaths by 2050'

'... evidence that drug-resistant infections had reached “a critical tipping point'

#antibiotics #FactoryFarms #IndustrialFarming
Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds
Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
cryearth.bsky.social
'The unregulated use of azoles by farmers and gardeners to combat fungi is leading to increasing numbers of resistant fungi and life-threatening fungal infections.'
bsky.app/profile/crye... (Dutch, paywall)

#neoliberalism #IndustrialFarming #pesticides #azoles #fungi #mold
July 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
veganrick.bsky.social
River campaigners win chicken farm legal challenge

#ShropshireCouncil #UK 🇬🇧 #RiverAction #RiverSevern #PoultryFarming #Chickens #FactoryFarming #LegalAction #WaterPollution #AnimalAg #IndustrialFarming #AirPollution #LJCookeAndSon #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Environmental campaigners have won a court victory against plans for an industrial-scale chicken farm Dr Alison Caffyn brought the legal action against Shropshire Council
June 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
fofinterviews.bsky.social
What are the alternatives to industrial farming?

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@theobservatory.bsky.social @gfi.org @gfieurope.org @futureoffood.bsky.social #cellularagriculture #cultivatedmeat #industrialfarming #animalagriculture #animalwelfare #vegetarian
Factory Farms and the Next Pandemic: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Global Health Threats
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
observatory.wiki
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
veganrick.bsky.social
"What causes salmonella infections? #Salmonella bacteria are passed from the feces of people or animals to other people or animals. Contaminated foods are often animal in origin. They include #beef, #poultry, #seafood, #milk, or #eggs."

#AnimalAg #FactoryFarming #IndustrialFarming #GoVegan

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June 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
veganrick.bsky.social
Gauteng foot-and-mouth outbreak at world’s largest feedlot is a red meat flag

#SouthAfrica #Beef #Cattle #FootAndMouthDisease #Food #Health #IndustrialFarming #FactoryFarming #Meat #AnimalWelfare #KaranBeef #AnimalRights #AnimalAg #FoodSafety #FoodSystems

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Gauteng foot-and-mouth outbreak at world’s largest feedlot is a red meat flag
The bottom line is that if FMD can occur at this operation, no South African cattle farm or feedlot is safe. But there is no need to rush out to stock up your freezer.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
anoracle.bsky.social
No different from the current crop that props up poisonings like:

• #Fracking
• #LeadPipes
• #IndustrialFarming
• #ChemicalFertilizer
• Airborne #Pesticide
• #RefinedSugars
• #GMO
• #Coal
• Cyanide Leaching in #Mining
• #NicotineVapes & #Pouches like #ZYN
• #AI Server Farm Pollution
• #NuclearWaste
iquitcigs.bsky.social I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · Nov 19
In 1974 The Presidents & CEOs of the 7 Largest American Tobacco Co. LIED before Congress & the World, saying Nicotine is Not Addicted. They Kill people to make Money then LIE about it. Just Plain Evil... www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZD...
1994 - Tobacco Company CEOs Testify Before Congress
YouTube video by Tobacco Free Florida
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June 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
s-au.bsky.social
action.eko.org/a/mega-banke... #octopus
#IndustrialFarming
#SeaLife #Protection
#CloseLoopholes
Mega-Banken = Mega-Brände im Amazonas
Der Amazonas-Regenwald steuert auf einen Punkt zu, von dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt. Laut Wissenschaft kommt es zu einem Dominoeffekt, wenn 20 Prozent Flächenverlust erreicht sind – das gesamte Ökosys
action.eko.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
anoracle.bsky.social
Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social - we defeated this bad idea when it was 1976s #PeripheralCanal & we'll kill it again.

Draining river valleys for #industrialfarming & #feedlots is a "no go."

Urban household & industrial farm #water must glean from #desalination.

www.newsweek.com/millions-cal...
Millions in California to get more water
The California Department of Water Resources increased its State Water Project allocations on Tuesday.
www.newsweek.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
cornellupress.bsky.social
Following a group of US Midwest #farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of northeastern #Brazil, WELCOME TO SOYLANDIA by @alofstehage.bsky.social investigates #IndustrialFarming in the modern developing world.

Now on the #blog: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/transnationa...
Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado: Three Questions with Andrew Ofstehage
We ask Andrew Ofstehage, author of Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado, three questions about his new book.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
April 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
jasminbach.bsky.social
#imperialism #industrialfarming

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$4 Billion Damage: Industrial Farming is Killing People and the Planet
YouTube video by Transnational Institute
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April 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
veganrick.bsky.social
#Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry?

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #EU 🇪🇺 #UK 🇬🇧 #Chicken #Poultry #Food #Health #FoodSafety #Chlorine #FoodRecalls #FactoryFarming #FoodSystems #AnimalAg #Meat #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #IndustrialFarming

www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Chicken is processed differently in the U.S. than the EU and U.K., causing Europeans to be skeptical of American "chlorinated chicken." Krug Studios/Corbis RF Stills/Getty Images
April 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
louissamuel.bsky.social
Climate change and industrial farming practices have caused a drop in global production. Solution: more of the same, only bigger. 🤦🏾
#climatechange #industrialfarming
Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm - www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm
In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa farm.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
veganftaofficial.bsky.social
The King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council rejected a planning application for a large-scale industrial pig and chicken farming facility in Norfolk. 🚫

#norfolk #uk #industrialfarming #britishfarming #farms

Norfolk Council Rejects Controversial “Megafarm” Plans
On the 3rd of April 2025, the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council rejected a contentious planning application for a large-scale industrial farming facility in Methwold, Norfolk, UK.
veganfta.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
veganrick.bsky.social
Lawsuit Against #Tillamook for Deceptive Advertising Allowed to Proceed

#Oregon #USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Dairy #Milk #FalseAdvertising #AnimalLaw #FactoryFarming #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #Food #AnimalAg #FactsOverFiction #Education
#IndustrialFarming #ALDF #Law

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Lawsuit Against Tillamook for Deceptive Advertising Allowed to Proceed
The Animal Legal Defense Fund will continue to challenge the dairy company for misrepresenting the source of its milk to consumers
aldf.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
cornellupress.bsky.social
Following a group of US Midwest #farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern #Brazil, WELCOME TO SOYLANDIA investigates #IndustrialFarming in the modern developing world.

#NewBooks @alofstehage.bsky.social

Available now: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Welcome to Soylandia by Andrew Ofstehage | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. See...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
April 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM