Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
The Trojan Hog in the Farm Bill
How the Save Our Bacon Act threatens family farmers and state sovereignty
Read →Why Is California Paying North Carolina Farms to Make Gas From Hog Waste?
A growing biogas pipeline network has already drawn civil rights complaints
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
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
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)
‘What We’re Up Against’: North Dakota Towns Stand Up to Farm Bureau for Clean Water
Pelican Township gets dragged into a national campaign to upend local zoning rules.
Three Ways to Stop the Pollution of Iowa’s Water
A University of Iowa researcher has a solution to the decades-long degradation of the state's water quality