Socially Responsible Agriculture Project

06/12/2026

Farmers are asking for a fair shake. Yet USDA is hitting pause on a rule intended to bring fairer pay and greater transparency to contract poultry growers.

Why?

“One large poultry integrator and two meat and poultry trade associations support the delay,” Sen. Grassley said. “But the real poultry growers and grower organizations oppose this proposal.”

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins faced questions Wednesday over USDA’s delay of a poultry grower payment rule. In late May, the USDA delayed the effective date of the Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems final rule from this July 1st to December 31st of 2027. U.S. Senator Chuc...

06/11/2026

For 407 days, residents of Muncy Creek Township, Pennsylvania, have shown up, spoken out, and made their voices heard.

A decision on the proposed 350,000-chicken CAFO is expected June 25.

If your community is facing a proposed or expanding industrial livestock operation, SRAP's Community Support Program is here to help.

📞 503-362-8303
🔗 sraproject.org/help-hotline

06/09/2026

Taxpayers shouldn't be left footing the bill for polluted drinking water.

Princeton, Iowa spent $800,000 on a new well—and the water still isn't safe to drink.

Rural communities deserve better.

After shuttering two wells for recurring nitrate contamination, the riverside community of Princeton may face yet another costly fix.

06/07/2026

No farmer should have to face this alone.

Current or former contract grower? Growers Unite is here to help at the link in bio.

Thank you to for sharing. 💚

: For the past 12 years, Craig Watts has been fighting the Big Ag giant, Perdue, in court. Craig’s story is one of many from farmers who have been let down by their integrators.

06/07/2026

No farmer should have to face this alone.

Current or former contract grower? Growers Unite is here to help: growersunite.org

Thank you to The Transfarmation Project for sharing. 💚

06/05/2026

A proposed 350,000-chicken factory farm would be located within a mile of homes, schools, parks, public waterways, and other community spaces in Muncy Creek Township, Pennsylvania.

Local voices belong at the center of these decisions—especially when clean water, public health, and quality of life are on the line.

Read more: sraproject.info/43VeNSQ

06/04/2026

You don't have to be a politician to make a change.

And you don't have to face it alone.

If your community is concerned about an incoming or expanding industrial livestock operation, SRAP's Community Support Program is here to help.

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

06/02/2026

Congress keeps investing in the systems hollowing out rural communities.

Family farmers already know how to build the kind of food system rural America needs—one that supports local economies, healthy food, and thriving communities.

​America prides itself on supporting small and local businesses, yet decades of agricultural policy decisions signal nothing but disdain for our small and local farms.

06/01/2026

A USDA rule meant to bring fairer pay and greater transparency to contract poultry growers has been delayed yet again—now from July 2026 to December 2027. 🚨

Farmers have waited long enough. Delaying fairness only benefits the corporations already holding the power.

Read the rule delay notice: sraproject.info/4wWR7uZ

05/31/2026

These are real people living with real consequences.

Factory farms don’t just impact animals—they impact neighbors, families, schools, local economies, roads, clean water, public health, and the very fabric of rural communities.

Read why we care: sraproject.org/why-we-care