Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too

Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too

New research out this week underscores what many environmental justice advocates in the U.S. have long known: Animal feeding operations — another term for factory farming — pollute the air, and these environmental impacts are disproportionately felt by nearby communities, who are often people of color. The report, published Tuesday and led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Michigan, maps cattle a…