Webinar: Greenwashing and Factory Farm Biogas in Delaware
When: Thursday, January 28th, 7 PM ET Where: Online via Zoom Click here to register and read about speakers Biogas is dirty energy, composed mainly of methane—a potent greenhouse gas. Burning biogas releases toxic chemicals that significantly contaminate… Read More
Danielle Diamond & Her Team Present on Right-to-Farm Laws
Danielle Diamond, Senior Director of Research and Resources at SRAP, and her research team recently presented at Yale’s Big Ag & Antitrust conference. Danielle and her team explored how right-to-farm laws across the nation exacerbate injustices in rural… Read More
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) Adds Two New Team Members
SRAP is pleased to welcome Ankush Sachdeva as its Communications, PR and Media Manager, and Donald Hutchinson as a Socially Responsible Food & Farm Network Coordinator. Sachdeva joins the team with a unique combination of communications and pasture-based… Read More
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
Beyond Factory Farming: Frank Reese
Welcome to our new series, Beyond Factory Farming, where we celebrate regenerative farmers throughout the U.S. who are working to build sustainable and local food systems. BIRDS OF A FEATHER At 71 years old, Frank Reese has seen… Read More
A Time to Say Farewell … and to Reflect
This past week, the SRAP team bid a bittersweet farewell to former Executive Director Terry Spence, as he closed out his last days with the team to begin a much-deserved retirement with his wife, Linda, on their Missouri… Read More
SRAP’s COVID-19 Response
In order to protect our staff and community partners from the public health threat posed by COVID-19, we have temporarily closed SRAP’s Colorado office and suspended all travel and in-person meetings. However, our staff members are continuing to… Read More