Animal Agriculture, Farming and Industrial Agriculture

Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. Agriculture has become one of the most consolidated industries in the country.

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Advice from those organizing against factory farms

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

It is very hard for most people to know what to do to organize against the threats presented by factory farming in their community. Align yourself with a supporting organization Food and Water Watch addresses factory farming on a big-picture scale. Jennifer Breon of Food and Water Watch Iowa echoes this point. “I

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Cream Co. Meats Is Reshaping the Meat Industry One Farm at a Time

Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

Meats is working to create opportunities for small farms and ranches to support a more localized food system. “We’re We’re living in a time when the health of our planet is in peril, and regenerative agriculture offers a beacon of hope,” Pollard tells Food Tank. “By To ensure the farms that Cream Co.

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23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Transfarmation and Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health focus on the experience within the animal agriculture industry. Awaiting Their Feast, and Life and Death of the American Worker dive into some of the realities that workers face within the food system.

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The Agriculture Resilience Act Is a Win for Sustainable Nutrition Science

The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

A few corporations benefit and now control our food production to the detriment of small and medium-sized farmers, especially Black farmers who lost the majority of their land and wealth as farms consolidated. Currently, it only prioritizes the impacts of climate change (such as floods, droughts, and extreme weather) on agriculture.

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Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. Agriculture has become one of the most consolidated industries in the country.

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Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

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Biogas From Mega-Dairies Is a Problem, Not a Solution

Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

These digesters are becoming more common, particularly at larger dairy operations housing thousands of cows, called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This is partially because they have been included as a key ingredient in the Biden administration’s pledge to reduce methane emissions in animal agriculture.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

As a small farmer who formerly worked with communities to resist large corporate farms, she knew a lot about how industrial chicken operations could affect a community. She knew about the putrid smell of animal waste, she knew it wasn’t safe to drink the local water. Large CAFOs are often built in communities of color.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

As a small farmer who formerly worked with communities to resist large corporate farms, she knew a lot about how industrial chicken operations could affect a community. She knew about the putrid smell of animal waste, she knew it wasn’t safe to drink the local water. Large CAFOs are often built in communities of color.

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Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Here in Wauchula, a small farming town in Central Florida, cattle ranching is king. We’re here today to sign the bill that continues our commitment to having a vibrant agriculture industry,” DeSantis announced. It turns out that Democratic policies weren’t good then either, and our family ended up losing our farm.”

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The Upcoming Farm Bill: What’s Needed (Courtesy of Civil Eats)

Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

I try to keep up with what’s going on with the Farm Bill, up for renewal soon. This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. BY LISA HELD, AUGUST 9, 2023 Reauthorizing the farm bill every five years generally involves contentious debates and delays as legislators and lobbyists hash out a wide range of competing priorities.

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This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

Reauthorizing the farm bill every five years generally involves contentious debates and delays as legislators and lobbyists hash out a wide range of competing priorities. More than 600 farm, nutrition, and public health organizations support expanding the program.

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Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This is the latest installment of our series Faces of the Farm Bill , where in we set out to humanize the real-world impacts of ag policy. The 2018 Farm Bill expired on September 30th, and it doesn’t seem likely that the House and Senate will have drafts of the new bill before the end of the year. And we’re not getting that.”

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GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Although most people assume that the federal organic standards dictate exactly how farm animals are raised, language in the standards has long left wiggle room on issues like how much space each animal is given and how “outdoor access” is defined. During the National Pork Producers Council’s Washington, D.C.

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Agriculture Informer

Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Advice from those organizing against factory farms

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Cream Co. Meats Is Reshaping the Meat Industry One Farm at a Time

23 Fall Food and Agriculture Books to Discover Now

The Agriculture Resilience Act Is a Win for Sustainable Nutrition Science

Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Biogas From Mega-Dairies Is a Problem, Not a Solution

Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

The Upcoming Farm Bill: What’s Needed (Courtesy of Civil Eats)

This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.

Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

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