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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. In Linn County, there was no public announcement of Foster Farms’ arrival.

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Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back

Modern Farmer

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Foster Farms is a poultry company that sells chicken and chicken products in chain grocery stores across the country. In Linn County, there was no public announcement of Foster Farms’ arrival.

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Young Farmers’ Analysis of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024

National Young Farmers Coalition

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour 7111, 7114, 7208).

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Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

Civil Eats

Many of us think about factory farming or industrial agriculture as something that has been around forever, or at least for a really long time. California passed by voter referendum a bill, Proposition 12 , that would ban [in-state sale of meat and poultry resulting from] gestation crates. How did it get to this point?

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Conservation Programs Offer Solutions to Climate Threats, But Are Vastly Underfunded 

Modern Farmer

In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that. There’s another $300 million to quantify greenhouse gas sequestration. The Inflation Reduction Act , signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022, provides $8.45

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