What is the Class Action Settlement? A group of chicken growers filed a class action suit in 2017 against nearly all U.S. integrators alleging the … Read More
Smithfield Withdraws Request for CAFO Permits Environmentalists Criticized as Too Lax
By Allison Kite November 1, 2021 In a major victory for public health, the environment, and quality of life in rural Missouri communities, Smithfield Foods … Read More
Letter to the Editor: How Industrial Poultry Farms Are Devastating Rural America
The following letter to the editor was written by former poultry contract grower and current regional representative of SRAP’s Contract Grower Transition Program, Michael Diaz. Michael … Read More
SRAP Welcomes Julie Wilson as Communications Manager
We’re pleased to welcome Julie Wilson to the SRAP team as our new communications manager! Having grown up in central Iowa, Julie witnessed the impacts … Read More
Al-Jazeera Fault Lines’ Virus on the Poultry Line Investigative Documentary Nominated for Emmy Award
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) is pleased to announce that a short investigative documentary, Virus on the Poultry Line, made by Al-Jazeera for their Fault … Read More
ACTION ALERT: Don’t Let DNR Deregulate Smithfield CAFOs!
In Missouri, Smithfield CAFOs have a 30-year history of extensive pollution violations – and the DNR has a long track record of inaction. Now, Smithfield … Read More
New Research Paper Exposes the False Promises of Factory Farm Gas
Research published in Environmental Justice, May 2021, exposes the dark side of factory farm gas, so called ‘biogas’. The paper, The False Promises of Biogas: … Read More
Opposition to Agriculture Nuisance Law Amendment – SB1448
Below is an open letter to Arizona legislators encouraging them to oppose SB1448. We have also shared a letter from researchers at the Center for a Livable … Read More
Webinar: Greenwashing and Factory Farm Biogas in Delaware
Biogas is dirty energy, composed mainly of methane—a potent greenhouse gas. Burning biogas releases toxic chemicals that significantly contaminate the air.