Socially Responsible Agriculture Project

09/04/2026

BIG NEWS! 🎉 We’re incredibly proud to celebrate our own Craig Watts, recipient of the 2026 ASPCA Farm Animal Welfare Award!

From speaking out about his own experience as a contract poultry grower to his work today as SRAP’s Contract Grower Transition Program Director, Craig has spent more than a decade standing up for farmers and farm animals.

Congratulations, Craig! We can’t think of anyone more deserving. 💚

09/03/2026

“It feels very clandestine, very hush-hush,” said Marlene Reynolds, a Benton County, Indiana, resident who lives within a mile of three proposed factory hog farms that would house 26,000 hogs.

Now, she’s organizing with her neighbors to protect their homes, their water, and their right to have a say in what happens in their own community.

Rural communities deserve more than a last-minute notice. They deserve a voice.

Charlene Koebcke said “no” when a man seeking support for his proposed factory hog farms offered her a free 30-pound box of pork.

09/02/2026

Poultry growers fought for decades for a fair chance in the industry. Now, the protections they fought for are under threat.

Three key rules are on the line—rules that protect growers from retaliation, pay deception, and predatory pay cuts.

Know what’s at stake. Learn more about these protections at growersunite.org/growers-in-contract/know-your-rights.

09/01/2026

Healthy choices only go so far in an unhealthy food system.

Our Executive Director, Sherri Lynn Cullison, shares her story—and why we need a food system that puts community health and well-being above corporate profits.

08/31/2026

For generations, predominantly Black and low-income communities in Duplin County, North Carolina, have been forced to live beside lagoons filled with waste from millions of hogs—while Smithfield Foods had the resources to do better.

“We knew we’d been played,” said Michelle Nowlin, a former adviser to the Smithfield Agreement.

This is what environmental injustice looks like.

A pact between the state and Smithfield Foods “failed miserably.” Those who worked on the agreement explain why.

08/29/2026

🚨 JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, already owns about 82% of Pilgrim's Pride. Now, it's seeking full control of the poultry giant.

More consolidation means fewer choices—and less power—for farmers.

Brazil's JBS , the world's largest meatpacker, on ‌Tuesday said it wanted to buy the remaining shares of Pilgrim's Pride , in a fresh attempt to seek full control and a delisting of the U.S. poultry producer.

08/28/2026

If your community is facing an incoming or expanding industrial livestock operation, SRAP is here to help.

Reach out at (503) 362-8303 or through our Help Hotline: sraproject.org/help-hotline 💚

08/27/2026

COMMUNITY WIN: “This victory started when a handful of neighbors sat down together in a garage down the road from Ridge Breeze,” said Ty Fisher, a Wisconsin farmer and GROWW member.

After years of organizing to demand stronger protections for their water, Pierce County residents won a key victory this week when a judge ruled the state-approved permit doesn't do enough to protect local groundwater.

A powerful reminder of what can happen when communities stand together. 💚

An administrative judge ruled this week that Ridge Breeze Dairy's expansion permit doesn't do enough to protect local groundwater.

08/26/2026

REMINDER: Join the Growers Unite team tonight at 7 p.m. ET to learn about the poultry grower protections under threat from USDA—and what comes next.

🔗 Register now: sraproject.info/3Smct5q

08/25/2026

TOMORROW: Poultry grower protections are at risk.

Contract growers fought for decades to win basic protections against retaliation, deceptive pay practices, and unfair treatment. Now, three of those protections are under threat.

Join Growers Unite tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. ET to learn what’s at stake—and what comes next.

🔗 Register: sraproject.info/3Smct5q