Vaccination against bird flu offers farmers hope, rather than being caught between the anguish of finding a sick bird and the desolation of having to slaughter their entire flock.
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Tracking data suggests individual chickens have very different movement patterns.
Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests that it could mutate into forms that threaten humans.
Often overlooked in the immigration debate are the contributions of migrants, such as how they helped organize workers in the 1990s.
Egg production standards are about more than just a happy compromise. Hens are sentient, intelligent beings. Like us, they deserve a good life.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dangers of unhealthy workplaces and disempowered workers.
Turkey has become easier to produce over the years, making it easier on American wallets – with some environmental benefits as well.
Central Americans who came to the US in the 1980s fleeing civil war drew on their background fighting for social justice back home to help unionize farmworkers, janitors and poultry packers in the US.
From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, thousands of Americans are raising chickens in their backyards. But without stricter regulation, urban poultry farming is risky for both humans and birds.
The current review of standards for egg and poultry farming does little to assuage fears that the industry wields too much influence. Only an independent regulator can restore public confidence.
Donald Trump has described NAFTA as the worst trade deal ever signed by the United States. As NAFTA talks continue, here’s what Canada and Mexico can do if the unthinkable happens.
It doesn’t happen often that a multinational will blink when taken on by an individual. But a passionate campaigner’s successful crusade has shown how it can be done.
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Associate Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Arizona
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Public Relations Senior Lecturer and Programme Coordinator in the Media Department, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
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PhD Candidate and Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow in Animal Welfare, Queen's University Belfast
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