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 ...

More than 4,500 people who live or work near three rivers in the UK -- the Wye, Lugg, and Usk -- are taking part in a High Court case in London on Monday. It is being described as the largest ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

PLANS have been thrown out for an intensive poultry farm for 144,000 birds – which received thousands of objections from residents and animal rights charities. The proposal to create the factory farm ...

Residents in a Northumberland hamlet are campaigning against plans for new intensive chicken shed at a nearby farm. Well House Farm, in Colwell, has applied for planning permission to build four ...