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Lucy King, Adam Westbrook, Jonah M. Kessel: See the true cost of your cheap chicken

Lucy King, Adam Westbrook, Jonah M. Kessel: See the true cost of your cheap chicken

Enter a chicken farm and see how your cheap dinner strips the dignity of both the chicken and the farmer.

U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees 'virtual water' drain abroad
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U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees 'virtual water' drain abroad

As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
Tyler Whitley: Don’t blame farmers who have to euthanize their animals. Blame the companies they work for
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Tyler Whitley: Don’t blame farmers who have to euthanize their animals. Blame the companies they work for

Contract farmers don't own the animals they're raising, so they can't sell them to another market. And the animals themselves haven't been bred to stay alive.
Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone
publicintegrity.org

Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone

‘When the dead zone comes, it just kills everything.’
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