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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Pandemic Endangers Slaughterhouse Workers and Supply Chains
“My life is in jeopardy because we’re working elbow to elbow,” slaughterhouse workers report....
Keeping Food on the Table in a Pandemic
We need to ensure a strong and well-functioning food system, and that the most vulnerable in our food chain are adequately supported....
Lead Contaminated Water: EPA’s Proposal Fails Our Kids
We have learned from the ongoing lead in water crises in Flint, Michigan ; Newark, New Jersey ; and Washington, DC , for example, that no community and no...
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...
Post-Florence: Return to Normal for Big Ag but Not Neighbors
As the residents of North Carolina begin the long process of recovery, our thoughts are with the people whose health and well-being are endangered because of th...