Many words we use come with hidden baggage. For instance we tend to assume that local, natural and grass-fed foods are good for our health, the environment and animal welfare, while intensive farming ...

Air pollution from intensive pig and poultry farms costs England and Wales over £131 million a year, contributing to cases of ...

The first time I encountered an intensive “chicken shed” up close I was taken aback by just how massive it was – the huge industrial-looking metal clad building was well over 100 metres long by 25 ...

There are about 27 billion chickens in the world, a seven-fold increase since the 1960s.Photograph: David Tadevosian/Alamy Industrial chicken farming is accelerating the spread of the world’s most ...

Agriculture has a huge impact on the environment. Food production takes up more than one-third of Earth’s land, is responsible for one-third of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions and is the largest ...

Joseph Chituyi and his wife Elizabeth Akwabi attending to their chicken at their farm at Ematsayi village in Lurambi. [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard] From ultra-modern chicken house to quality blankets for ...

Poultry farming can provide income through two main business models—raising chickens for meat and keeping hens for egg production. Both models have their own investment requirements, operating cycles ...