Industrial farms are spreading across Europe. Greenpeace campaigners went to talk to the people who live close byWarning: readers may find one of the images below upsettingWhat is life like for people living next door to an industrial-scale livestock farm, and how does it affect their daily lives? Greenpeace campaigners visited animal farms and their surrounding communities in France, Denmark, Spain and Italy between December 2018 and March 2019 to find out.There are more than 330m cows, sheep and pigs in the EU, with a further several billion chickens reared and slaughtered every year. The growth of Europe's animal farming sector has seen it exceed what scientists have claimed are safe bounds for greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient flows and biodiversity loss. This has lead to calls from campaign groups for a halving of meat and dairy production by 2050. Continue reading...
The smell, the noise the dust: my neighbour, the factory farm | Tom Levitt
24. červenece 2019 13:31
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/24/the-smell-the-noise-the-dust-my-neighbour-the-factory-farm
Zdroj: The Guardian
