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The Middle Fork River

It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans’ plates. But most meat companies don’t ensure conservation in their supply chains.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | February 23, 2022

Climate change is making water more scarce in some areas, but water-intensive meat production isn’t slowing down.

Big Ag Watch: News & Updates

Cargill touts sustainability in corporate responsibility report

By Robert Holly | August 24, 2015

Agribusiness giant Cargill last week released its annual corporate responsibility report, a set of goals focused on sustainability that influence how the company will operate worldwide.

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Setting the table: researchers discuss challenges of feeding a growing population

By Robert Holly | October 2, 2014

Researchers say that food prices may double nearly every seven years as the world's population soars toward 9 billion people and demand sharply increases. Researchers covered food demand, along with other topics, at the iSEE Congress 2014 sustainability conference this week.

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Feeding the world proves to be a growing challenge

By Claire Everett/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | October 2, 2014

Feeding the world by 2050 will be challenging, as the world’s population is expected to peak at 9 billion by then. But today’s strategies of research, technology and education to meet that demand are facing challenges too, experts said.

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Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.

The American Farm Bureau Federation claims it’s the ‘Voice of Agriculture.’ These groups beg to differ.

Database: Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry

USDA photo by Preston Keres

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspectors and graders perform their mission.

SERESTO: what we’ve discovered so far about the popular collars linked to pet injuries and deaths

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