Farmers are at the heart of the overlapping environmental, social, and animal welfare challenges facing the US food system. Statistics reveal insights into the past, present, and future of US farming.

Agroecology provides a pathway for the intersectional transformation of food systems.

Farmed animals in the US face many threats to their welfare. Is a different food system possible?

Corporate farming has restructured US food production at the expense of farmers, animals, and the environment.

Legal protection of animal rights would radically alter the US food system while providing benefits to human health and environmental sustainability.

Sustainable food production can provide multiple win-wins for human wellbeing and environmental health.

Reducing meat production and consumption is a powerful tool for helping both people and animals, but it will require changes from the dinner table to the halls of government.

Agricultural policy shapes US farming, with broad implications for people, animals, and the environment.

Organic agriculture can contribute to building a more sustainable food system.

Climate change and extreme weather threaten the future of US food production. What actions can be taken to put our food system on a better course?

Focusing the US food system around alternative protein offers simultaneous benefits for environmental health, human health, animal welfare, and the fight against food system inequality.

Addressing the ongoing problems of climate change, human hunger and inequality, and animal exploitation in our food system starts with sustainable agriculture.

Plant-based diets offer an array of benefits for human health, environmental protection, and animal welfare.

There is a growing market for plant-based meats as a healthy alternative that can appeal to omnivores as well as vegans and vegetarians.

Current US animal welfare regulations fall short of protecting animals in the food system. What is their history, and how should they evolve?

Stockfree organic agriculture produces food sustainably without synthetic agrichemicals or farmed animal byproducts.

Efforts to transform the food system must be rooted in justice for farming communities and support for farmer-led solutions.

Food systems nourish us each day, while shaping our impact on animals, people, and the environment.

Industrial agriculture is the dominant method of food production in the US and worldwide. But at what cost?

Meat alternatives come in many forms, some novel and others with a long history of traditional uses. In any form, alternative meat has a promising future nourishing human societies while respecting animals and the environment.