Causescommons.wikimedia.org 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.
Politics undark.org 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.
Causes civileats.com 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.
Impacts publicintegrity.org Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone ‘When the dead zone comes, it just kills everything.’