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Propping up factory farm gas means committing a generation of animals, farmers, and rural communities to a model that is fragile, polluting, and increasingly out of step with where food systems need to go.

Iowa and the rest of the Midwest face a choice of what future they want to build: do they want to become architects of this nightmarish version of animal agriculture where animals are treated as power plants and locked into factory farms for decades to come? Or do they instead want to become exemplars of building a better future for people, animals, and the environment?

Last week, USDA announced it will extend its pause on loan guarantees for new anaerobic digester projects (specifically through its Rural Energy for America Program) through December 31, 2026.

Farm Forward argues that salmonella in poultry is a system-wide food safety issue driven by poor animal welfare across the supply chain, urging the USDA to expand regulation beyond slaughterhouses and implement stronger, upstream reforms.

Costco’s Nebraska chicken plant failed USDA salmonella standards 84.5% of the time, with illness-linked and antibiotic-resistant strains posing potential risks to consumers.

Alexandre Family Farm has lost two of the certifications it relied on to market itself as a humane and regenerative dairy. Alexandre can no longer claim the “Certified Humane” and “Regenerative Organic Certified” (ROC) certifications, or use them to enable and perpetuate the abuse of dairy cows that Farm Forward uncovered in the investigation that set this chain of events in motion.

New research suggests aquaculture may worsen overfishing, as farmed fish require feed derived from wild-caught fish.

Farm Forward’s recent report cited in support of class action lawsuit against Costco for misleading labeling.

USDA knowingly purchases contaminated chicken it gives to nutrition assistance programs, including the National School Lunch Program.

USDA knowingly purchase contaminated chicken products for nutrition assistance programs, including the School Lunch Program.

AAP is an organization seeking to debunk the myths of “sustainable” aquaculture.

How he fish farming industry sold a false promise of saving the oceans

Farm Forward testifies to USDA bout the impact of dangerous levels of salmonella contamination in the US poultry industry.