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World Bank Cancels $20M Factory Farm Loan After Opposition

In a monumental win, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, has walked away from its proposed $20 million loan to Grupo Agronorte in Brazil.
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World Bank’s IFC Withdraws $20m Loan From Controversial Brazilian Animal Feed Giant After Backlash – But An Even Bigger Brazil Investment Looms

IFC, the World Bank’s private-sector arm, has abandoned a US$20 million loan to Brazilian animal feed company Grupo Agronorte to finance an animal feed factory
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California Schools Break Another Organic Produce Record With DoD Fresh

In the 2025–26 school year, California schools purchased more organic produce through the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (DoD Fresh) than ever before.
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New Report: Maryland’s $15M Animal Waste Fund Fails to Deliver

Maryland is subsidizing private waste-technology ventures in communities that are already carrying an unfair share of the state’s pollution burden and do not want these projects in their backyards.
The High Cost of Manure: Why Maryland Should End Its Animal Waste Technology Fund

Maryland has committed more than $15 million in taxpayer dollars to technologies intended to address pollution from factory farm manure.
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NYC Schools Soy Milk Pilot Expands Student Choice While Cutting Climate Emissions

A first-of-its-kind pilot offering soy milk on the lunch line found strong student demand and cut average daily milk-related greenhouse gas emissions by 17.4%.
Food, Land, and Money

Food, Land & Money makes the case that the dominant industrial food system is not “broken,” but rather, is doing exactly what it is designed to do: feed the concentration of wealth by massive corp…
Beyond the Nugget

Read the executive summary: The key findings and recommendations at a glance. Read the full report: Our analysis of school lunch menus, health risks, and the policies shaping what schools serve. Explo…
Building a Better Tray

These school nutrition teams are changing what they purchase, how they cook, and what they serve to students, proving that healthier, higher-quality proteins can work in school cafeterias.
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New Report Finds Industrially Produced Meat and Cheese Dominate America’s School Lunch Entrées, Raising Concerns for Children’s Health

A new report by Friends of the Earth and Chef Ann Foundation finds school lunch entrées are dominated by processed, meat- and cheese-laden foods sourced from large-scale industrial supply chains.