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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
Featured
SRAP’s Terry Spence Receives Missouri Clean Water Award
SRAP Interim Executive Director and longtime regional representative, Terry Spence, was honored by the Missouri Stream Team/Stream Teams United for his near quarter-century of volunteer advocacy and community work on behalf of clean waters for all Missourians. Spence… Read More
ACTION ALERT: SRAP & STOPP Rally for Clean Air Comments by Maricopa County Residents
WHAT: Maricopa County Air Quality Department | Board of Health Meeting WHEN: Monday, July 23, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. PT WHERE: Board of Supervisors’ Auditorium | 205 W. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Maricopa County Board… Read More
JOINT STATEMENT: Advocacy Groups Call on Governor Cooper to Veto SB711
For Immediate Release Friday, June 15, 2018 Raleigh, N.C. – Following the North Carolina General Assembly’s rushed passage of SB 711, which would strip rural North Carolinians of their constitutional right to seek justice in the courts against those… 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.