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Chicken Pics
The most glorious paintings of chickens on the interwebs. So many chickens. You will be transformed.
Chickens rule: why the backyard chook is the pet of the decade
In the 2010s Australia finally realised how dreadful caged eggs were – and the chooks came home to roost
Animal Agriculture Costs More In Health Damage Than It Contributes To The Economy
As with the climate, the chief culprit is meat and dairy. But when it comes to particulate pollution, the worst offender is poultry.
Killing “Chicken Little”: Measure and eliminate risk through forecasting.
View the “Risk Forecasting” presentation on GitHub.
FoodMesh
Reduce food waste costs by 40% while feeding your community. Join governments and businesses diverting surplus food from landfills.
The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food
A growing number of thinkers say factory farming can help save the planet. Are they right?
The no-flush movement: the unexpected rise of the composting toilet
We squander masses of clean water flushing away our own waste instead of using it as fertiliser. But a lavatorial eco revolution has now begun
Nurses Chase Cyclospora, Aided by Interviews, Fast-Food Receipts — And the Messy Details - KFF Health News
Yes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, combing through fast-food orders and lettuce purchases as they listen to people’s lengthy, messy stories about their illness.
Agriculture needs changes to help save climate and farmers, says national agriculture group | CBC News
A report released Wednesday by the National Farmers Union concludes that some elements of old-fashioned mixed farming combined with the latest technology can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and keep more farm families on the land.
Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act. — ProPublica
Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that experts called “irresponsible” and “astounding.”
INVESTING IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
THE INVESTING IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PODCASTThrough 400+ interviews with farmers, investors, scientists, and entrepreneurs, the podcast puts the spotlight on the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return.
We started a farming club. Why you should start one too
We are long overdue for a return to growing our own food, and the farming club offers a promising way to reconnect with that tradition.
You’ve been told to prep three days of food, but moving past day four will need stronger supply chains
Supply chains have been designed for efficiency rather than resilience.
‘Doves and food and fun’: the fight to save a farming pioneer
Wakelyns needs £1.2m to save its diverse organic crops and ‘micro’ enterprises including a bakery and honeybee hives
Show your costs to boost sales
Sales of a chicken noodle soup increased 21.1% when people were shown the costs of making it. The effect works for most products.
The Global Fertility Trade: A Story of Extraction, Exploitation and Opportunity
Following human eggs as they’re exchanged across open, gray and black markets — reaping rewards for an extremely high price.
