New York bill aims to ban new mega dairy farms

New York bill aims to ban new mega dairy farms

A new legislative measure seeks to prohibit the Department of Environmental Conservation from permitting new large concentrated dairy farms or approving the expansion of existing ones. In New York, the country’s fifth largest milk-producing state, lawmakers are taking...
UK proposes wider ban on ocean bottom trawling

UK proposes wider ban on ocean bottom trawling

A ban on ocean bottom trawling – a destructive type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor – could be extended across English waters, the British government has said. The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to...
Oregon community fights factory farm and wins

Oregon community fights factory farm and wins

Approximately five years after their advocacy began, a judge has ruled that the permit for the 3.5 million chicken factory farm was, in fact, unlawful. Teresa Mitchell Clausen was almost finished with her shift at a local farm store when a customer came in looking to...