Features Archive

Heritage
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Creating a New Future for Poultry (You Can Help!)

Farm Forward Board Member Frank Reese has never been interested in following the dominant trends in the poultry industry, but his Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch might just be the future of turkey farming in America.


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Eating Animals
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Culture-making

With the help of Farm Forward, novelist Jonathan Safran Foer has begun the most important discussion about food and farming in a generation. We need your help to continue the conversation.


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CBS Evening News
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Antibiotics for All

CBS Evening News aires the results of an important and courageous investigation into the use of antibiotics on America’s factory farms.


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Thanksgiving
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Reflecting on Food and Values

At Farm Forward, Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays of the year. Check out why we think it's so important and send us stories and photos from your own conscientious celebration!


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Michigan
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More Reform in the Wake of Prop 2

The tide of public opinion has turned against intensive confinement farming. Michigan is now among a growing list of states that have taken legislative action to move farming forward. What state is next?


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Checked Our Archives Lately?

Did you know that Farm Forward has a features archive full of information about food and farming? Learn about humane farming, past news and events, and more!



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Launch Party
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Alexis Stewart Hosts Event in Her Manhattan Home

Jonathan Safran Foer, chef Dan Barber, and Martha Stewart were just a few of people who attended our event to raise awareness about factory farming.



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Dan Barber
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A New Kind of Chef

When it comes to changing the way we think about food, chef Dan Barber believes that we need to combine old-world wisdom with a forward-looking approach.



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YES! on Prop 2
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Writers Join Farm Forward to Endorse Landmark Bill

Alice Walker and Michael Pollan are just two of the eight authors who joined Farm Forward in speaking out on behalf of Proposition 2 and billions of factory farmed animals in California.


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Farm Forward Launches
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Finding New Ways to Improve Farming for All of Us

Welcome to Farm Forward! We are proud to announce the launch of our new website and to begin our exciting work with farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and consumers to change farming forever.


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Cows and Calves

Cattle are the only farmed animals that typically spend part of their lives unconfined and outdoors. Does that mean cattle raised for beef have the best lives of any farmed animal?

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Pigs

More than 97 percent of America’s hog farmers have been driven out of business, but we’re producing more pork than ever. Genetically engineered pigs raised in intensive confinement have become the industry standard. How did it happen?

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Poultry

Americans eat more than 100 times as much chicken meat as we did a century ago. But the whopping 9 billion chickens we eat each year are genetically engineered, drugged, and sick. What happened?

  • Anything Goes - Chickens are the most abused of all farmed animals, and yet they are completely unprotected under US federal law.
  • Chicken vs. Chimp - New studies suggest chickens have some intellectual abilities that surpass primates. Is it true?
  • Chickens and Turkeys Raised Right - Meet America’s last poultry farmer.

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Sea Animals

Fish factory farms and industrial fishing are emptying our oceans. In some industries, up to 98 percent of the sea animals caught are thrown back, dead, as "bycatch." Can we fish better?

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