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Factory Farm Invasion
Factory farms are spreading and harming our rural communities. However people are standing up and calling for change. Factory Farms are not inevitable – there is a better way.
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Rural Quality of Life Lost
When factory farms are built in rural communities, neighbors suffer. Toxic gases from decomposing animal waste can make it unbearable to enjoy a rural quality of life.
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We Are Unique
The majority of our staff have had factory farms come to their own communities. Now we’re helping rural citizens and farmers take on the injustices of industrial animal agribusiness.
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Family Farms not Animal Factories
SRAP works to promote sustainable family farms in our rural communities, while supporting citizens to hold polluting factory farms accountable.
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Support Responsible Farmers not Factory Farms
It’s a myth that factory farms are needed to feed the world. What the world needs are healthy food sources from animals raised humanely on-pasture.
Need Help Stopping a Factory Farm?
SRAP never charges fees for our services or advice. We also recognize that no two rural communities are alike, so we tailor our services to meet your specific needs. We can help your community fend off new CAFOs and limit the expansion of existing CAFOs.
Citizens Standing Up, Fighting Back
After working for Motown Records, Monica Brooks decided on a life change and headed east to attend bible college. She never imagined that she’d also become involved in a turbulent two-year fight to protect her community’s air and water from the threat of a poultry factory farm moving into her neighborhood.
Factory Farms Harm Our Communities
Factory farms, officially called Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), can make significant short-term profits because they externalize their production costs onto neighboring communities. Local residents end up paying for damaged roads due to heavy CAFO semi-truck traffic, manure… Read More
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SRAP Newsletter – March 2018
Let’s Spring Into Action Against Factory Farms Happy Spring from your friends at SRAP! As the days grow longer and we emerge from the cold and darkness of winter, the SRAP team finds renewed optimism as we… Read More
URGENT ACTION NEEDED – STOP PRO-FACTORY FARM BILLS IN CONGRESS – TAKE ACTION TODAY!
We need your help! The Trump Administration and its allies in Congress are attempting to gut commonsense laws through S.2421 and H.R. 848. S. 2421 will rewrite the rules so that factory farms ”can emit toxic air pollution… Read More
MEDIA ALERT: Federal Public Health Agency to Investigate Community Impacts of Hickman Egg Operation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry invites local residents to learn about coming air monitoring & public data gathering project; Health & safety risk of industrial egg plant under scrutiny WHAT: A public meeting for all residents… Read More
An Introduction to SRAP
This video provides an introduction to SRAP, offering an overview of our work and why it’s so critically important.