Opinions
Letter to the Editor: Industrial animal agriculture is fueling the next pandemic
Dr. Deonandan’s recent op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen (“Cancelled funding for mRNA flu vaccine a global mistake,” June 2) rightly underscores the urgency of preparing for H5N1, but we also need to confront the root cause of this growing threat: industrial animal agriculture. High-density factory farms — especially egg and poultry facilities — create an […]
Opinion: When truth becomes a threat: How corporations are silencing activists
As the CEO of an activist organization working to end factory farming, Mercy For Animals, I’ve been worried since March’s $660 million damages verdict in a frivolous lawsuit against Greenpeace, a leading environmental organization. I feared that verdict — which many believe could halt an organization that has inspired countless activists like me — would […]
Opinion: Brewed awakening: How dairy in coffee chains still harms the earth
Opinion by Jennifer Behr published in Food Facts on May 8, 2025
Op-ed: A historic opportunity to advance animal welfare in Canada that no one talks about
Op-ed by PJ Nyman published in Canada’s National Observer on November 15, 2024
Opinion: This Texan’s New Bill Would Protect Americans by Implementing Safer Ways to Raise Animals
An animal-borne disease upended the whole world in 2020. An El Paso congresswoman’s new bipartisan bill would help protect us from another pandemic and keep diseased meat off your plate. Diseased farmed animals in the food supply put us at risk for pandemics and national economic losses, but a bill introduced by an El Paso […]
Opinion: Black children are sick at school and not for the reason you think!
During my formative years in the public-school food system, the meals served sometimes constituted my entire daily intake. I didn’t fully grasp the significance of school food choices and their impact on my health until adulthood. As systemic racism became more evident throughout my personal life and career, I began to pinpoint places for needed […]
Letter to the Editor: Why is Sweetgreen engaging in greenwashing right after facing backlash for recent failure to go carbon-neutral?
Articles on May 7 and May 9 stated “Sweetgreen promised to go carbon neutral. Now it’s serving steak” and “Salad chain says a cleaner farming method will offset adding steak to its menu. What is it?,” let’s not mince words: In its decision to add beef to its menu while claiming to aspire to carbon […]
Opinion: Will factory farming be the springboard for an avian flu pandemic?
Four years ago, as COVID-19 gathered steam, I wrote an article titled “Reducing pandemic risk begins with ending factory farming.” But here we are again. Avian flu is raging throughout the country, having jumped the species barrier from birds to mammals, even killing cats and showing up in cows’ milk. Yet the potential for a […]
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