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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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MEDIA ALERT: Right to Harm Midwest Premiere – March 27
RIGHT TO HARM, a riveting new film exposing the public health impacts of factory farming across the United States, premiered nationally at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February. Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water (ICCAW),… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: IL Medical Professionals, Public Health Advocates Call to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Production
Approximately 70% of U.S. antibiotics are sold for industrial livestock & poultry production; CDC estimates 23,000 Americans die from resistant infections SPRINGFIELD, IL–– NOVEMBER 28, 2018––Medical professionals and public health advocates spoke in favor of legislation to stop… Read More
MEDIA ALERT: Springfield IL Hearing on Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Production
Public Health Advocates, Medical Professionals Call for End of Practice Linked to Rise in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria WHAT: The Illinois Senate Agriculture and Public Health Committees are scheduled to hold a subject matter hearing on SB3429 (Biss), legislation that would… 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.