Read our recent report
The bacteria Salmonella is the leading cause of food–borne illness in the U.S. with nearly a million cases of salmonellosis attributed annually to meat and poultry consumption. Find out how the USDA fails to protect consumers from Salmonella contamination of broiler chickens in our updated analysis, More Foul Fowl. Read the 2006 report, Foul Fowl here.

Factory farms, where tens of thousands of animals are raised for food in crowded facilities, have become widespread throughout the United States and are now spreading abroad. Factory farms cause problems for animal welfare, the environment, and public health. The giant quantities of manure they produce can lead to tainted water and severe air pollution. The stench alone can ruin rural communities, as residents rush to shut their windows and bring their children indoors when the wind shifts. These communities have been fighting lonely, uphill battles against companies who want to take advantage of lax zoning and environmental laws. Consumers, meanwhile, can end up with meat loaded with antibiotic-resistant bacteria from thousands of miles away.

Our factory farm campaign aims to change government policies that promote factory farms, fight corporate control that forces farmers “to get big or get out,” and encourage sustainably-raised meat. Farmers, neighbors, and consumers deserve better than factory farms.

Check out the Factory Farm Map

Communities from coast to coast are living with the human health and environmental costs of factory farms that cram together hundreds of thousands of animals in filthy conditions. See our first-ever national map charting the distribution of factory farms. Read the companion report. Read the map instructions and methodology.

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