Factory Farms

'Few Things Matter More to Humans': UN Report Says We Must Protect and Restore Biodiversity of World's Soil
While nutritious diets, healthy populations, pollution remediation, and even climate change mitigation all depend, at least in part, on soil biodiversity, society is not doing enough to preserve this crucial resource, the U.N. warned. (Photo: Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images)
'This Is Depraved': Tyson Food Managers Accused of Betting on How Many of Their Workers Would Get Covid-19
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Workers process meat at a Tyson Foods chicken plant. (Photo: Gregory Smith/Corbis via Getty Images)
A lawsuit alleges that a boss at one facility "organized a cash-buy-in, winner-take-all, betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many plant employees would test positive."
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We Want Fudge! Rejecting Corporate Stooge Heitkamp, Progressives Back Ohio Congresswoman for USDA Chief
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Convention chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) delivers remarks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia. (Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage)
Dozens of advocacy groups told the Biden transition team that Rep. Marcia Fudge...
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Citing Her Ties to Agribusiness and Fossil Fuels, 160+ Groups Tell Biden That Heitkamp Is 'Wrong Choice' for USDA
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Scores of progressive groups on Tuesday came out in opposition to President-elect Joe Biden possibly picking former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota as his agriculture secretary. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
"She has aligned herself with corporate agribusiness at the expense of family...
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Farmer Richard Zick, an 82 year-old supporter of Biden, stands next to presidential signs on his front lawn on October 9, 2020 in Kingsley, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Biden Given Roadmap to Revitalize Rural America
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Global Meat Giants Fuel Major Future Risk of Creating Next Pandemic, Investor Group Warns 
Rep. Ro Khanna
Rep. Khanna Introduces 'Visionary' Bill to Take On Big Ag, Strengthen Family Farms
A large coalition of residents and public interest groups lobbied the state legislature in Des Moines, Iowa to demand support for a moratorium on building new, and expanding existing, factory farms—also known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The coalition of factory farm opponents also presented a petition to all 2020 presidential candidates calling on them to support the state moratorium as well as federal legislation to curtail factory farms. (Photo: Citizens for Community Improvement A
Ahead of Iowa Caucus, 2020 Candidates Urged to Back Moratorium on Factory Farms
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2020 Dems Called On to Follow Warren in Supporting 'No Big Ag Money Pledge'
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Top Global Scientists Call for 'Profound Food System Transformation' to Combat Extreme Malnutrition
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
'The Bold Approach We Need': New Booker Ag Bill Includes First-Ever National Factory Farm Moratorium
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Move Over, Peak Oil. Scientists Say 'Peak Livestock' Must Arrive This Decade to Limit Global Heating
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To Combat Dishonest Marketing, New 'Farm vs. Factory' Website Contrasts Industrial and Sustainable Agriculture
WATCH: Coalition of 10,000 Farmers and Ranchers Call On Congress to Pass Green New Deal
New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World
Literal Sh*t Storm: Warnings of Major Manure Threat as Hurricane Dorian Barrels Toward North Carolina Factory Farms

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300 Diverse Advocacy Groups Endorse the Farm System Reform Act and Urge Quick Passage in Congress
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Oregon Department of Agriculture Considers Permitting New Mega-Dairy, Easterday Farms, While Small Dairy Farmers Dump Milk
Center for Food Safety
Groups Sue Farm Service Agency for Concealing Records on Funding of Industrial Animal Ag
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Broad Coalition Releases Letter Demanding 'No' Vote on Weak CAFO Bill in Oregon...
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New Consumer Lawsuit Challenges USDA’s Dirty and Dangerous New Swine Inspection System
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Public Interest Groups Sue EPA to Curb Slaughterhouse Pollution
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Linda McQuaig
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Rather Than Cull Millions of Livestock, Let’s End Animal Agriculture
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