On the 19th of May 2025, a rural community in Linn County, Oregon, US, secured a landmark victory against the construction of a massive industrial chicken facility, following a relentless five-year…

On 11th November 2025, Seminole County commissioners in Georgia, US, refused a permit for a new industrial chicken operation after sustained opposition from residents worried about health…

Factory farms in Iowa generate an estimated 110 billion pounds of manure every year from confined animals, without the state systematically tracking where this waste ultimately ends up on the land or…

On 7th January 2026, news emerged of a proposed industrial broiler complex in rural Shropshire, England, that could confine up to 200,000 chickens on a single farm near Albrighton, close to the border…

NEW YORK (September 22, 2026) — With 10,830 factory farms statewide, industrial agriculture is a defining feature of Iowa’s landscape. Across the state, factory farms outnumber gas stations by roughly five to one, and grocery stores and public school buildings by roughly eight to one. Yet residents often lack access to vital, localized information about the facilities operating near their homes, schools, farms, and waterways. Sentient Media today released aninteractive map that provides Iowans with detailed information about factory farms in their communities, along with insights from a statewide survey of Iowa residents’ attitudes and concerns about factory farming. Released at Climate Week NYC, these resources equip residents, journalists, policymakers, and community organizations with critical information about industrial livestock operations as water quality, rural health, and government accountability shape debate in Iowa ahead of the November election, with potential national consequences. Highlights A survey of 1,051 Iowa residents found that 49% say they do not consider themselves knowledgeable about industrial-scale livestock operations or have never heard of them, while more than half said local media coverage of nitrate pollution (54%) and industrial livestock impacts (53%) is inadequate. Built using Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) data and other publicly available...

Large manure-fuel projects linked to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) are rapidly spreading across the US, reshaping rural landscapes while raising serious environmental justice concerns…