Farm Forward

Iowa, along with the rest of the Midwest, is making a bad bet on factory farm gas (FFG). FFG, also known as "manure biogas," is being sold as clean energy. It's not. It's a fossil fuel industry scheme that props up the worst of industrial animal agriculture and locks millions of animals into a lifetime of extreme confinement.

Here's what's actually happening: Iowa raised animal capacity limits for farms with digesters and pollution went up, not down. The "One Big Beautiful Bill" extended FFG tax credits through 2029 while gutting wind & solar. Major FFG projects have already failed and defaulted on federal loans.

Iowa has 2,800 potential FFG sites that, if built out, millions more animals could be locked into factory farms for decades. This isn't clean energy. It's a subsidy for Big Ag and fossil fuel companies to protect their profits.

We're calling on legislators to end subsidies for factory farm gas, help farmers transition away from industrial confinement, and redirect public dollars toward real food system reform.

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A Nightmare Vision of Agriculture in Iowa: How Factory Farm Gas Could Guarantee Animal Suffering and Block Food System Reform | Publications | Farm Forward Iowa, along with the rest of the Midwest, is making a bad bet on factory farm gas (FFG). The state is at the center of a national push by fossil fuel companies and meat and dairy companies to expand FFG, also known as “manure biogas.” This gas is produced in large sealed tanks called anaerobic d...

Fish farming has been marketed as a climate-smart choice but the science tells a different story.

A new analysis exposes how the aquaculture industry built its "sustainable" reputation on carefully crafted industry narratives, not peer-reviewed evidence. Hidden emissions, destruction of carbon sinks, and misleading consumer messaging are part of the story that gets left out.

Industrial aquaculture now supplies over half the world's seafood. That influence comes with a responsibility to be honest about its true costs.

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Fish farming claims to be climate-friendly. The science says otherwise. | foodfacts.org Fish farming markets itself as a climate-smart food system, but evidence shows it carries hidden emissions, destroys carbon sinks, and misleads consumers