At a recent event, we spoke with author Tom Philpott about the environmental and economic destruction brought by industrial farming...
Iowa deserves to be more than just a feedlot between two rivers
In December, U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced a historic new vision for agriculture and food in the...
US EPA sweeps Iowa’s water crisis under the rug
Image Credit: Food and Water Watch WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a Clean Water Act...
Factory Farms and Superstorms Don’t Mix
Hurricane impacts in coastal areas are generally from high winds and dangerous storm surge. In inland areas, flooding from heavy...
Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico
The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is...