The USDA is seeking public comments on two proposed rules designed to reform the poultry industry’s abusive “contract growing” model. This system has long stacked … Read More
We Were One Hour From Losing Our Family Farm
By Susie Crutchfield, regional representative, Contract Grower Transition Program, SRAP In 1987, my husband and I signed a contract with Tyson Foods to raise factory … Read More
Why Signing a Contract With the Poultry Industry Nearly Cost Me Everything
By Craig Watts, Contract Grower Transition Program director, SRAP Having been raised on a small tobacco farm in southeastern North Carolina, I appreciated the tranquility … Read More
Our Dream of Owning a Farm Cost Us Our Entire Life Savings
By Michael Diaz, regional representative, Contract Grower Transition Program, SRAP My wife and I have always dreamed of owning a family farm. Having grown up … Read More
We Stand With Rural Communities
Multinational corporation Bioenergy Devco wants to build a massive factory farm gas and composting facility on the Eastern Shore that would threaten already vulnerable communities with air and water pollution.
SRAP and Partners File Civil Rights Complaint in Delaware Over Factory Farm Gas Plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Julie Wilson Communications Manager Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (512) 665-8195 Juliew@sraproject.org January 10, 2023 Washington, D.C.—Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) … Read More
Help Stop Factory Farm Gas in Delaware!
On December 2, 2022, SRAP and several other organizations submitted public comments to Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control requesting the agency deny … Read More
SRAP Partners With Thriving Earth Exchange to Help Contract Growers Leave the Industrial Ag System
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) is pleased to announce its acceptance into an October 2022 cohort with American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange program, which connects communities with scientists and supports them as they work together to tackle local challenges related to natural hazards, natural resources, and climate change.
URGENT: Tell USDA to Pass This Rule to Protect Farmers!
A new rule proposed by U.S Department of Agriculture could better protect farmers from being abused and deceived by the industrialized poultry industry. Tell USDA … Read More
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