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cow and words "antibiotic resistance"

February 03, 2026

U.S. Farm Antibiotic Sales Surged 16% in One Year — Why That’s a Problem for Human Health

factory farm pig and waterway

January 27, 2026

How Factory Farms Dodge Pollution Rules — and Move Millions of Gallons of Toxic Waste Into U.S. Waterways

paula yockel and sludge

January 20, 2026

Oklahoma Mom Tells Trump: Dumping Sewage Sludge on Farmland Won’t Make America Healthy Again

December 15, 2025

Iowa Factory Farms Release Trillions of Pounds of Manure Every Year — The EPA Doesn’t Require Them to Have a Permit

hershey's chocolate bars and cows

November 06, 2025

Big Ag Sees ‘Win-Win’ as Farmers Feed Leftover Candy to Livestock

November 04, 2025

Bribery, Child Labor, Animal Abuse, Deforestation: What to Know About the World’s Largest Industrial Meat Producer

girl drinking tap water from faucet

October 27, 2025

Wisconsin Residents Spend Millions to Remove Nitrate From Drinking Water — They’re Not Alone

October 07, 2025

Groups Appeal Ruling That Lets Factory Farms Hide Toxic Air Emissions Linked to 12,700 Deaths a Year

crispr gene and scissors and a pig

May 09, 2025

‘Bringing Home the Bacon’: FDA Approves U.K. Biotech Company Plan to Produce Gene-Edited Pigs for U.S. Consumers

May 08, 2025

Tyson’s ‘Brazen’ PR Campaign to Promote Its Industrially Produced Beef as Good for the Environment

factory farm pigs and wastewater

May 02, 2025

Industrial Factory Farming Destroys Food Security, the Environment and Farmers’ Livelihoods

cows and clipboard with words "antibiotic resistance"

April 30, 2025

Widespread Use of Antibiotics on Factory Farms Linked to Millions of Deaths Every Year — Will HHS, FDA Take Action?

child drinking glass of water and word "contaminated"

April 10, 2025

122 Million Americans May Be Drinking Water Contaminated With Unsafe Levels of Cancer-causing Chemicals

hogs and hog farm

April 01, 2025

Toxic Gases From Factory Farms Seep Into Homes of Nearby Residents. One North Carolina Community Is Fighting Back.

pigs in crates and water waste going into water

March 03, 2025

U.S. Slaughterhouses Dump Wastewater Containing Blood, Body Parts and Bacteria. The EPA Is Looking to Change That.

girl drinking milk

February 06, 2025

How Industrial Dairy Industry Corrupts Health Benefits of Milk

cattle and package of grass-fed beef

November 22, 2024

Why Eating Grass-fed Beef Is Better for Your Health

November 15, 2024

Huge Factory Farm Threatens Rural Town After Amish Farmers Strike Deal With Big Beef Producer JBS

factory farm pigs and fda inside magnifying glass

November 07, 2024

FDA Plan to Get Antibiotics Out of Factory Farm Animals Is Failing

factory farms pigs and water testing

September 30, 2024

Factory Farms Destroying U.S. Drinking Water, Health While EPA Fails to Take Action

factory farm pigs and book that reads "environmental protection laws and regulations"

September 16, 2024

Factory Farms and Water Pollution: Groups Demand EPA Protect U.S. Waterways

child holding basket of vegetables

September 10, 2024

‘Don’t Eat the Bugs’: How to Reclaim Control Over the Food System

pigs in cages and farm with water running down

August 07, 2024

After 4-Year Battle, Big Ag Will Have to Clean Up Its Act in Michigan

water waste and tyson chicken package

May 21, 2024

Big Meat’s Big Dump: Tyson Released 371 Million Pounds of Waste Into U.S. Waterways

manure digester on top and word "scam" on bottom

April 23, 2024

Manure Digesters — Another Climate Solution Scam?

April 19, 2024

EPA Rule Could Put Small Meat Processors Out of Business — and Leave Consumers Out in the Cold

tractor spreading fertilizer on field

April 17, 2024

Taxpayers Stuck With Bill to Clean Up Water Polluted by Big Ag’s Chemical Fertilizer, Animal Waste

April 01, 2024

Groups Sue FDA Over Livestock Drug Banned or Restricted in 160 Countries

ground beef and anthony fauci

March 29, 2024

Do We Really Want Fauci in Charge of Our Food?

eggland's best egg carton and gavel

March 28, 2024

Eggland’s Best Eggs Don’t Provide ‘Superior Nutrition,’ Lawsuit Alleges