Farming

An upcoming U.K. reality television show is asking families to adopt animals typically raised for meat as pets for a period of three weeks, before being faced with the choice of either becoming vegetarian or having the animal slaughtered and then cooked and eaten.

How and why to support local farmers, what products to buy and how to celebrate National Farmers' Day 2019.

More than 3,000 quails, 1,000 chukars and 100 chickens died in the blaze in Greenup County, Kentucky.

Portions of the southeastern U.S. haven't seen rain in weeks, and the dry conditions are affecting farmers.

The updated procedures let meat companies kill pigs as quickly as they want and pass inspection responsibilities from government officials to plant employees.

The victims, all of Indian nationality, have been identified by authorities as the two owners of the Arena Po farm and two employees. The investigation remains ongoing.

A recent advisory from the Centers for Disease Control warns of the hazards of oral contact with barnyard birds, including the risk of catching salmonella.

"This case demonstrates that even relatively small domestic animals may be able to inflict lethal injuries," an expert said.

If the U.S. tries to shoehorn new breakthroughs into old regulatory framework, innovation will emigrate.

Changing how we grow food would mean soil could be given the chance to recover from degradation.

The latest Newsweek documentary questions whether we will all be vegan in the future.

The 50-year-old allegedly planted needles into the fruit.

Pressure on the country's white farmers has become a rallying cry for right-wing groups across the world.

"I find droughts a little bit like cancer—it sort of eats away at you," one farmer said.

The quantity of wasted food amounts to around 30% of the average daily calories that each U.S. citizen consumes, the paper shows.

The researchers found a protein that could have big implications for the food industry.

The retail giant has just filed a patent for a "Pollination Drone" that can keep almonds, cherries and avocados alive.

Californian avocados, strawberries, walnuts and grapes—all are threatened by a warming climate.

The crops may be safe, but the children will probably never sleep again.

A pesticide manufacturer called the proposed ban "overly conservative" and "extremely impractical."

Those who support GMOs believe the crops could address global food shortages as climate change and growing populations put strain on food production.

In 2017, the Bureau of Land Management spent $80.4 million on maintaining wild horses.

The potato allowed farmers to grow more on less land, therefore making land less valuable and less likely to be fought over.

It's not as simple as you think.

Some US states forbid filming in slaughterhouses. England mandates it.

California now produces 13.5 million pounds annually.

These pumped-up pigs are raising suspicions about mistreatment and renegade genetic engineering.

This bull will be "VIP" of the Texas Longhorn breeding ranch he's going to, with horns longer than Yao Ming is tall.

Citizens have been told to listen for warning alarms previously used for earthquakes and tsunamis as North Korea continues its missile tests.

No queen of the ant species had been seen since 1887; now many colonies have been collected.