Lucrative Subsidies for Manure Biogas Could Cement Factory Farming
New pushes for manure biogas, also known as Factory Farm Gas, risk cementing factory farming’s worst practices.
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New pushes for manure biogas, also known as Factory Farm Gas, risk cementing factory farming’s worst practices.
While inflation has impacted all food categories, two significant factors have disproportionately driven up animal product prices: the devastating impact of avian influenza, and systematic price manipulation by major meat producers.
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Public Health and PandemicsDuring the last decade, regenerative agriculture has received a lot of attention as a form of farming that promises environmental benefits compared to industrial farming systems. While regenerative agriculture can improve soil quality and soil microbiome, it is far from being a silver bullet for climate change—and has its own drawbacks.
Farm Forward is deeply alarmed by the first bird flu death recorded in the United States. The federal government must act to get the outbreak under control.
Farm Forward is proud to announce the launch of a new nonprofit, the Center for Jewish Food Ethics (CJFE)—the culmination of our eight years of incubation and support for farmed animal advocacy in the Jewish community.
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.
Three U.S. Senators, working closely with Farm Forward, have urged the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to strengthen its guidelines on animal welfare and environmental labeling claims, citing widespread deception in food marketing that harms both consumers and independent farmers.
Farm Forward has long warned that industrial farming practices are a major driver of zoonotic diseases. Recent bird flu cases in humans underscore the urgent need for meaningful action.
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Public Health and PandemicsA bill has been introduced in the Michigan legislature that would enrich factory farms. Numerous environmental groups, among many others, oppose it.
Farm Forward strongly endorses the Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act, along with over 100 environmental, public health, family farmer, consumer, and animal protection organizations.
A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups gathered in Lansing to oppose a bill in Michigan that would enrich factory farming and fossil fuel interests.
The government is freaking us out on bird flu. It’s not what they’re saying—it’s what they are not saying.
A USDA testing program finds that at least 20 percent of tested cattle samples labeled “raised without antibiotics” or “no antibiotics ever” tested positive for antibiotics. USDA buries findings and reports no punitive action.
Antimicrobial Resistance is an increasing threat to human and animal health. Solving the problem requires significant reforms to agricultural policy and industrial animal farming practices. Yet, the largest international One Health programs largely fail to acknowledge industrial animal farming as a key threat to the One Health mission.