The Eastern Shore can be home to as many as 36 million chickens at a time, which produce a lot of waste that can threaten the ...

Factory Farms Are Inherently Polluting and Vulnerable to Flooding In 2018, Hurricane Florence slammed into the North Carolina coast, flooding tens of thousands of homes — and dozens of factory farms.

Maryland's poultry farmers have invested heavily in systems to stem runoff, writes Holly Porter, and claims by some groups that farms "spew" chicken manure "directly into waterways" are divorced from ...

Plans for a new poultry farm which could house 180,000 birds have attracted more than two hundred objections. RH-J Farms has ...

Food & Water Watch Research Director Amanda Starbuck issued the following statement: “Factory farm waste poses a serious threat to public health — especially when it’s flooding your living room.

Each year, industrial livestock operations create a staggering amount of manure and other farm animal waste; 941 billion pounds, according to a Food and Water Watch report from 2024.

They never traveled too far from the farm, knowing that 30 minutes without water, 30 minutes without air circulation or high temperatures can be a life-or-death situation for an animal like the ...

Ever since a six-building poultry farm opened across the street in 2018 — where 336, 000 birds are raised at a time — family gatherings at the Dozhier home have been forced inside.

A Food & Water Watch analysis of USDA and EPA data found that Iowa’s factory farms produce 108 billion pounds of manure every year — that’s 25 times as much as Iowa’s human residents.

Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new report from Food and Water Watch about concentrated livestock operations in the U.S.

Farm owner says he believes new permit will stand up to legal challenges. A coalition of residents and farm groups is once again challenging a recently permitted chicken farm near Scio in Linn County.