These books are starting points to explore new topics and go down new pathways as you deepen your understanding of food and agriculture.
20 Books Shaping Our View of Food Systems to Read this Winter
Searching for your next food systems book? Look no further! Food Tank’s reading list rounds up 20 titles on food and agriculture systems to get you through the winter.
New Research Shows Animal Agriculture Is Making UTIs Worse. Factory Farms Could Make Them Untreatable
This is more than just a foodborne illness problem—it’s a factory farming problem.
Why Are Food System Folks Fighting Against More Humane Animal Conditions at the Supreme Court?
Promoting animal welfare is about a global shift away from unsustainable factory farming and inhumane practices.
Senator Booker’s Legislation Aims to Reform U.S. Farm Systems
Senator Booker has drawn a wide range of support from farm advocates, public health and environmental justice groups.
Why Ending Factory Farming Must Be Part of Biden’s Plan to Tackle America’s Biggest Issues
Ending factory farms is good for animal welfare, public health, worker safety, and the environment.
Biogas Is Not the Answer to the Industrialized Pork Industry, Experts Say
Experts argue that biogas is not a viable solution to the harm caused by factory farms in North Carolina.
New on Food Talk Live: Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute on How Tech and Intensification Can Save Agriculture
On Food Talk Live: The Breakthrough Institute director Ted Nordhaus explains the research behind his arguments in favor of high-yield crops, intensified animal production, and a globalized supply of cheap food.
Meat’s large water footprint: why raising livestock and poultry for meat is so resource-intensive
Why revealing the virtual water hidden in meat and explaining its resource-intensity matters; acknowledging the potential problems and limits for ways forward.
