While many of the tools of factory farming are the product of biotech innovation, gestation crates are deceptively low-tech: They’re simply small cages that immobilize mother pigs, known as sows ...

Confining pigs to small spaces is harmful to animals, leads to less nutritious pork products and damages the environment in ...

Chickens in industrial farms are often confined to spaces smaller than a piece of A4 paper, while pigs undergo castration ... Most are kept in small cages or overcrowded, unsanitary spaces and ...