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Why Is Industrial Animal Agriculture Bad for the Environment?
Industrial animal agriculture has become one of the most significant drivers of climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and pollution worldwide.
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Senate Farm Bill Draft Doubles Down on Industrial Ag, Sidelining Healthy Food, Small Farmers, Hungry Families
This legislation pours more taxpayer dollars into an industrial system dominated by pesticide-intensive commodity crops that primarily feed factory farms, fuel our cars, and supply ingredients for u…
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New Report: Genetically Engineered Animals Increase Risks to Public Health, Animal Welfare
A new report from Friends of the Earth U.S. raises urgent concerns about the growing threat of genetically engineered (GE) animals in the U.S. food system.
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Genetically Engineered Livestock
This report, provides a scientific overview of the concerns with genetically engineered food animal experiments that are underway, and reveals the risks to human health, the environment and animal wel…
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Who Decides What Development Looks Like?
Public development banks direct an estimated $2.2 trillion annually and help shape everything from infrastructure and energy systems to agriculture and rural development.
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Friends of the Earth U.S. Urges Opposition to Flawed Senate Farm Bill Proposal
The Senate must reject corporate giveaways and massive cuts to conservation and invest in a healthier and more resilient food system.
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House Farm Bill Prioritizes Corporate Agribusiness Over Farmers and Public Health
The House just voted 224-200 to pass a deeply flawed Farm Bill that is not only widely unpopular with Americans but also actively harmful.
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Global Protests in Dozens of Countries Call on World Bank Group to End Financing for Factory Farming
The World Bank Group invested $1.4 billion in industrial livestock between 2023–2024 alone.
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Environmental, Agriculture, and Community Groups Applaud Extended Pause of Manure Digester Federal Funding
REAP was created to help farmers and rural small businesses cut energy costs and strengthen local economies.
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Unsustainable Investment II
This report examines how IFC-financed industrial livestock projects contribute to biodiversity loss, pollution, and overuse of water and energy resources—despite IFC’s own environmental safeguards…