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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 Protecting Your Community From 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
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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Press Release: Trading Pollution: Wisconsin industrial dairies with documented regulatory compliance problems benefit from California greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sherri Dugger Executive Director Socially Responsible Agricultural Project (317) 371-2970; sherrid@sraproject.org August 2020 Trading Pollution: Wisconsin industrial dairies with documented regulatory compliance problems benefit from California greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program Golden, CO – Recent research by… Read More
Press Release: Community Coalition Pushes Illinois EPA to Control Industrial Livestock Pollution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Danielle Diamond (815) 403-0278 danielled@sraproject.org Karen Hudson (309) 308-8846 karenh@sraproject.org August 2020 Community Coalition Pushes Illinois EPA to Control Industrial Livestock Pollution Illinois—Due to the state’s weak regulation and enforcement of the robust and… Read More
Press Release: Study suggests nitrate contamination of water, often a result of intensive agricultural production, has negative impacts on health of surrounding communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Maria Payan Socially Responsible Agricultural Project mariap@sraproject.org or (717) 826-7286 Dr. Sacoby Wilson University of Maryland School of Public Health swilson2@umd.edu Aug. 19, 2020 Study suggests nitrate contamination of water, often a result… 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.