<p>Pew's project on reforming industrial animal agriculture works to address the broken, unhealthy and unsustainable practices common to many of the largest industrial animal production facilities in America. </p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx <p>The Pew Environment Group issued the following statement in response to a Congressional vote to approve an appropriations measure that derails long-needed reform to help independent family farmers across the United States.</p> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:55:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899366652&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Family Farmers Lose Out in Agriculture Bill&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>An article published in the Wilmington New Journal about the proposal to give the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Environmental Protection Agency regulatory control of manure disposal, which is currently overseen by the Department of Agriculture. The story cites general findings from Pew's “Big Chicken” report and mentions Pew’s stance on the broiler chicken industry’s responsibility to address this pollution problem.</p> Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:20:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899363151&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Clash Brews over Poultry Pollution&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle <p>An article published in Mother Jones about the increasing size of "dead zones" -- waters unable to support aquatic life due to lack of oxygen -- in the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf of Mexico. The piece cites Pew's "Big Chicken" report. <br /></p> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:05:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899362680&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Your Chicken Nuggets Are Killing Your Crab Cakes&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle <p>A series of videos from the Pew Environment Group issued in conjunction with the release of the report, "Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in America."</p> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899362357&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Videos: Big Chicken&WT.z_contenttype=AVWebcast The Baltimore Sun published an article in its environmental blog section about the Pew Environment Group's “Big Chicken” report. The piece highlights industrialized broiler production and the waste it produces as a significant contributor to Chesapeake Bay pollution. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:10:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899362330&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Report Tallies 'Big Chicken' Toll on Bay&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle <p>Broiler chickens (raised for their meat) are produced by the millions in industrial facilities concentrated in just a handful of states, and much of the waste they produce ends up polluting the nation’s waterways. These are just two issues highlighted in Pew’s new report “Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in America.”</p> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899362322&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in America&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>Broiler chickens are produced by the millions in industrial facilities concentrated in just a handful of states, and much of the waste they produce ends up polluting the nation’s waterways.</p> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899362305&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in America&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>An op-ed authored by Pew Environment Group Government Relations officer Velma Smith on water pollution stemming from industrial agriculture.</p> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:10:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899360359&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Animal Agriculture Needs to Stop Chickening out of Bay Cleanup&WT.z_contenttype=OpinionEditorial <p>An Opinionator post by Mark Bittman in The New York Times discusses recent efforts to make undercover filming of farms illegal.</p> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:45:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899359157&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reforming Industrial Animal Agriculture&WT.rss_a=Editorial: Who Protects the Animals?&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx