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Act Now: Protect People, Animals, and Agriculture from Bird Flu
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 8/6/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 8/6/24

Act Now: Protect People, Animals, and Agriculture from Bird Flu

Join us in demanding the USDA and HHS take immediate action to stop this dangerous virus before it becomes the next pandemic.

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FACT's Summer Newsletter: Humane Farming Progress and Bird Flu Concerns
FACT News, Fundraising Harry Rhodes 7/30/24 FACT News, Fundraising Harry Rhodes 7/30/24

FACT's Summer Newsletter: Humane Farming Progress and Bird Flu Concerns

Check out our latest updates in our Summer FACT Sheets Newsletter.

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Meet FACT’s Newest Team Member: Katherine Hoke
Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 7/24/24 Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 7/24/24

Meet FACT’s Newest Team Member: Katherine Hoke

Katherine joins FACT as our Humane Farming Program Assistant.

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Senator Booker Calls Out The FDA for Backsliding on Fighting Superbugs
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/17/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/17/24

Senator Booker Calls Out The FDA for Backsliding on Fighting Superbugs

Senator Booker warns FDA's new guidelines on antimicrobial resistance threatens public health.

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Celebrating Success and Looking Ahead: An Update From FACT
FACT News Harry Rhodes 7/9/24 FACT News Harry Rhodes 7/9/24

Celebrating Success and Looking Ahead: An Update From FACT

As FACT’s new fiscal year begins, our Executive Director shares his thoughts and updates.

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Antibiotics and Meat Production: A Growing Public Health Crisis
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/2/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 7/2/24

Antibiotics and Meat Production: A Growing Public Health Crisis

Check out FACT’s latest video about antibiotic resistance and the policy changes necessary to slow the spread of deadly antibiotic-resistant germs.

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Dairy Goats in America
Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 6/26/24 Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 6/26/24

Dairy Goats in America

Dairy goats are a vital part of American agriculture as they benefit the land, our diets and cross cultural boundaries.

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Juneteenth Reflections
Policy Harry Rhodes 6/18/24 Policy Harry Rhodes 6/18/24

Juneteenth Reflections

After four year’s our Executive Director, Harry Rhodes reflects on FACT’s commitment to racial equity in the food system.

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Five Reasons to Make a Regular Donation to Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)
Fundraising Harry Rhodes 6/10/24 Fundraising Harry Rhodes 6/10/24

Five Reasons to Make a Regular Donation to Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)

Regular giving is a cost-effective way to help us provide long-term sustainable progress on the issues of humane farming and safe and healthy food.

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What Happened to All the Eggs?
Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 6/6/24 Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 6/6/24

What Happened to All the Eggs?

The midsummer egg-laying doldrums makes a lot of sense if you think about the natural cycle of the hen

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Despite FDA Prohibition, U.S. Swine Producers Continue Using Medically Important Antibiotics for Growth Years Later.
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/30/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/30/24

Despite FDA Prohibition, U.S. Swine Producers Continue Using Medically Important Antibiotics for Growth Years Later.

New data shows that pig operations report feeding medically important antibiotics to pigs to make them grow faster, despite the FDA prohibiting this practice.

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FACT is Changing the Lives of Humane Farmers and Their Animals 
Fundraising, Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 5/22/24 Fundraising, Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 5/22/24

FACT is Changing the Lives of Humane Farmers and Their Animals 

Read about the impact of FACT’s mentorship program and how you can help this fund grow.

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Deciphering Dairy
Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 5/16/24 Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 5/16/24

Deciphering Dairy

Deciphering the claims associated with the dairy industry can be challenging. FACT’s Katie Meade breaks it all down for you in this week’s blog.

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Bird Flu Found in One in Five Samples of Milk
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/9/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 5/9/24

Bird Flu Found in One in Five Samples of Milk

The virus is killed by pasteurization but the people at greatest risk are farm and slaughter plant workers.

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Springs News at FACT
FACT News, Fundraising Harry Rhodes 5/1/24 FACT News, Fundraising Harry Rhodes 5/1/24

Springs News at FACT

Check out our latest news from our spring FACT Sheets newsletter.

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Preparing for Pasture Season
Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 4/23/24 Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 4/23/24

Preparing for Pasture Season

Here are a few things to keep in mind for the start of grazing season.

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Avian Flu and Giant Dairies Moving us Ever Closer to a New Pandemic
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/18/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 4/18/24

Avian Flu and Giant Dairies Moving us Ever Closer to a New Pandemic

Deadly bird flu is just one more problem of the current model of animal agriculture and in this case is potentially setting us up for an outbreak that could kill millions.

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Join us for Chicago's First Screening of the Documentary, Smell of Money
FACT Events Harry Rhodes 4/10/24 FACT Events Harry Rhodes 4/10/24

Join us for Chicago's First Screening of the Documentary, Smell of Money

In collaboration with our partners, Crate Free USA, we are excited to invite you to an exclusive screening of the eye-opening documentary Smell of Money on April 20th.

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Announcing Our 2024 Fund-a-Farmer Grant Recipients
Grants, Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 4/2/24 Grants, Humane Farming Program Harry Rhodes 4/2/24

Announcing Our 2024 Fund-a-Farmer Grant Recipients

We are delighted to announce our 2024 Fund-a-Farmer Grant recipients! With 87 farms and ranches located across 31 different states, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, this crop of grant recipients is our largest cohort ever.

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FACT Joins Lawsuit Against the FDA
Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 3/27/24 Safe and Healthy Foods Harry Rhodes 3/27/24

FACT Joins Lawsuit Against the FDA

For failure to respond to petitions to ban the growth promoter Ractopamine.

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