This analysis, through the use of data, interactive maps, and info-graphs, shows the disproportionate environmental and health burdens borne by Black, Native American, and Latino residents in three counties in North Carolina that are home to a majority of the state’s hog factory farms.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 (Goal 14)
This expansive document uses data and visualization to convey the state of various goals that the UN is striving to achieve as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Goal 15, summarized here, outlines what life on land is like and goals for its improvement.
This Land Belonged to Us: Nestlé Supply Chain Linked to Disputed Indigenous Territory
This article offers a look into the pressures imposed upon the Mỹky indigenous people by cattle ranchers in Brazil, while at the same time offering a wider look into the beef industry’s role and lack of accountability, and their global supply chains, all in connection to Amazon deforestation and indigenous land theft.
EPA Letter of Concern Regarding the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Conduct
The letter details the complaints made by community groups against the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality regarding a Swine Waste General Permit and ECRO’s investigation into it.
America’s Slaughterhouses Aren’t Just Killing Animals
Meatpacking industries have put their workers' lives at risk during the spread of Covid-19 by prioritizing the production lines.
‘Towns Just Turned to Dust’: How Factory Hog Farms Help Hollow out Rural Communities
This article examines the effects of intensive hog farming on communities, with a focus on Iowa. It details findings from a report published by Food and Water Watch.
White House Brief on Concentration in the Meat-Processing Industry
The brief largely attributes the price increase of certain animal-based food products in the United States to the lack of competition among meat producers, such as Tyson, Smithfield, and JBS.
A Plan to Accelerate the City of Berkeley’s Transition to Plant-Based Foods
This document is correspondence from a Councilmember and Mayor of the City of Berkeley regarding a resolution that would accelerate the city’s transition to plant-based procurement.
Nutrition Services Rethinking School Lunch Oakland & Good Food Purchasing Program
This document is a correspondence from the Superintendent and Executive Director of Nutrition Services and Warehouse & Distribution to the Oakland Board of Education about the effects of its adoption of the Rethinking School Lunch Oakland (RSLO) framework.