Alison Caffyn received grant funding from the Economic Social Research Council. The first time I encountered an intensive “chicken shed” up close I was taken aback by just how massive it was – the ...

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 ...

Guinea fowl in a poultry house in western France - Copyright AFP/File INA FASSBENDER Guinea fowl in a poultry house in western France - Copyright AFP/File INA ...

A river campaigner is calling for a pause on planning permission for intensive chicken farms in Shropshire over concerns animal manure is contributing to water pollution. A number of farms have been ...

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 ...

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Residents are opposing plans for a new factory farm in their village, which would bring another 1.3 million chickens a year to East Lindsey is approved. An application for a poultry unit on Fenside ...