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While seaweed can reduce methane production by farmed cattle, it cannot offer a feasible climate alternative to reducing animal farming.
Political ecology, with its interdisciplinary roots and emphasis on power dynamics, offers valuable insights and perspectives for advocates fighting industrial animal agriculture.
Shifting the legal paradigm to recognize nature's rights can support food system reform for the common good.
Industrial animal agriculture relies heavily on pesticide-intensive field crops, making animal exploitation a surprising cause of much US pesticide consumption.
Faunalytics' content director karol orzechowski discusses the importance of basing farmed animal advocacy on sound data.
International climate change gatherings have begun to acknowledge the climate impact of animal farming. Will recent recognition translate to action?
In this guest post, Farm Action examines a great contradiction at the heart of US food and agriculture policy.
Growing demand for farmed salmon in wealthy nations of the Global North is placing a strain on wild fish populations and local food systems of the Global South.
Digital tools can gather and interpret data that may enhance farmed animal well-being and productivity. Are such tools beneficial or harmful to the interests of farmed animals?
Regenerative agriculture offers a transformative future vision for the US food system. Can regenerative approaches succeed without centering domesticated farmed animals?
We share our learnings and reflections from the first two years of integrating trust-based practices into our food system philanthropy.
The systemic focus of food justice advocacy aligns well with the goals of food system transformation.
Farming black soldier flies as a global food waste cure diverts attention from systemic food system transformation.
Food access challenges intersect with many other social, economic, and environmental concerns in the food system.
Not all alternative models of agriculture offer equivalent benefits for all food system stakeholders and interests.
Factory farm biogas further entrenches industrial animal agriculture and fossil fuel dependence.
LGBTQ+ farmers in the US are an underrepresented voice in the movement for food systems transformation.
Intensive agriculture in the US damages the environment, wastes natural resources, drives climate change, and harms both animals and humans.
Agricultural subsidies play a significant role in defining the environmental, social, and animal welfare norms of the US food system.
Confronting structural racism in the food system means looking beyond "food deserts" and recognizing the systemic roots of food access disparities.
