Journalist Barry Estabrook knows how to enjoy a juicy heritage pork chop. He'll also be the first to tell you what intelligent, sensitive creatures pigs are. "I had no idea how smart they were until I ...

Scientists found that ammonia drifting from pig farms can settle on nearby soils and increase nitrous oxide emissions.

A company used CRISPR to make the animals resistant to deadly diseases, but watchdogs say viruses are not the problem. By Andrew Paul Published Feb 23, 2024 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

The pig operation proposed near Buffalo, N.D., in Cass County should not get automatic approval simply because it falls under the broad classification of “agriculture.” It’s not a mom-and-pop family ...

A new report reveals how, in 2021, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank) awarded multimillion-dollar loans ...