Publications

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?

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.

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

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

Costco routinely violates salmonella contamination standards

Top poultry brands are routinely violating salmonella standards, and USDA is letting them do it.

By analyzing USDA salmonella regulations and inspection records, federal purchasing data for nutrition assistance programs, and humane handling reports, our findings reveal how regulatory failures, industry practices, and government procurement policies together undermine food safety.

A Case Study of Alexandre Family Farm

Farm Forward’s latest investigation reveals a deepening trend in the use of taxpayer dollars to prop up industrial meat and dairy companies driving the H5N1 outbreak.

Antibiotics in industrial animal farming—how corporate deception and regulatory failure undermine public health 

Consumers have, for years—and especially in the last few months—been paying record prices for eggs as a result of the H5N1 outbreak in poultry.

After USDA Discovered Dozens of Meat Companies’ Deceptions, Its Regulatory Failure Continued.

How Government Payments to Big Poultry Threaten Public Health.

This investigative report details Big Ag’s attempt to lock in factory farming in the Upper Midwest.

This report details the results of a Farm Forward investigation into factory farming’s latest greenwashing scheme: factory farm gas.

This report details the results of a consumer fraud investigation conducted by Farm Forward, with the help of rancher whistleblowers, that uncovered systemic deception, cruelty, and animal abuse by arguably the leading higher welfare, Organic, and Certified Humane dairy operation: Alexandre Family Farm, LLC.

Survey of Consumer Beliefs About Welfare Certifications

A Farm Forward Report on Consumer Deception in Animal Welfare Certification