Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

August 27, 2026

Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?

From CAFOs to data centers, corporate America dodges local control

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Agriculture
August 20, 2026

‘Laboratories for Profound Biological Change’

If we paid attention to industrial agriculture, it could cause discomfort whenever we sit down to eat

2026 Elections
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The Save Our Bacon Act Won’t Save American Farms

The bill supports multinational corporations and not independent farmers like me

Farm Bill
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The Trojan Hog in the Farm Bill

How the Save Our Bacon Act threatens family farmers and state sovereignty

CAFOs
February 16, 2026

Why Is California Paying North Carolina Farms to Make Gas From Hog Waste?

A growing biogas pipeline network has already drawn civil rights complaints

Blanca Begert, Inside Climate News
Culture
September 29, 2025

Farm Aid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan headline a milestone 12-hour benefit concert

Agriculture
January 22, 2024

How “Right-to-Farm” Laws Betray Farmers, Disenfranchise Voters and Empower Corporations

Proponents say right-to-farm laws protect family farmers. In reality, right-to-farm laws fuel rural poverty by empowering industrial ag and dispossessing local governance

Agriculture
December 21, 2023

Biogas Boondoggle: Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Dollars Are Spent to Transform Livestock Waste Into “Renewable Natural Gas”

Federal funding for solar panels and wind turbines is being used to greenwash CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations)

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