USDA Must Protect Communities from Mass Animal Killings
Shutdowns at industrial slaughterhouses due to the COVID crisis have caused backlogs of animals throughout the U.S. that cannot be slaughtered for food because ...
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Big Ag Is Hiding in Plain Sight and It’s Making Us Sick
More than 9 billion animals are raised for food each year in the United States, the vast majority on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). These massi...
Florence Increases Manure Lagoon & Coal Ash Threat
In addition to potentially record-setting winds and rain putting residents in immediate danger, the storm also threatens to compound risks that frontline commun...