Mega meat corporations abuse animals and the planet

Dear Friend, Stand up to companies that mistreat animals and pollute the planet: Donate $10 today and help us reach our $2,130 goal! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Hens are crammed into tiny cages where they can’t spread their wings and pregnant mother pigs are kept in metal pens so small they’re unable to turn around. Factory farming corporations are abusing animals and raking in profits – but it doesn’t have to be this way! [Stand up to Big Meat corporations to stop the cruel factory farming industry and protect our planet: Make your gift of $10 and help us reach our urgent $2,130 goal today!]( From birth to slaughter, many factory-farmed animals face filthy, cramped conditions while generating massive amounts of waste that pollute local communities. And farm operators who manage some of these facilities are trapped in exploitative contracts while mega corporations like JBS and Tyson rake in massive profits. Factory farming is one of the worst perpetrators of animal cruelty, air and water pollution and public health harm. But Big Meat and Dairy corporations spend millions each year to keep you from realizing just how dangerous they are. That’s why we are fighting back, but we can’t do it without support from environmental activists like you. We cannot continue allowing factory farming to inflict so much damage on animals, humans, and the planet. We need policies that will prevent mega meat corporations from abusing animals and destroying our only Earth. Take a stand against factory farms, protect our planet, and donate $10 or more to Friends of the Earth today. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Animals in factory farms face brutal conditions day in and day out. What’s more, cramming genetically similar animals in overcrowded, dirty, and stressful conditions makes the animals more susceptible to infection -- a dangerously perfect breeding ground for zoonotic diseases like swine flu and bird flu. At the same time, factory farms produce over 885 billion pounds of methane-generating manure per year. When animal waste seeps into the soil and reaches nearby water sources, it can pollute drinking water, kill fish, and render nearby waterways unsafe. The antibiotics in this waste can also foster antibiotic-resistant bacteria that harm human health. Factory farms also produce toxic pollutants that severely degrade the air and quality of life of the communities nearby -- many of which are communities of color and low-income communities. As a result, residents living near factory farms suffer from higher rates of respiratory diseases, headaches, gastrointestinal illnesses, and depression. The entire business model of mega meat corporations is based on keeping their costs as low as possible through weak regulation and unsustainable practices that drive us closer to climate catastrophe. And our government allows them to keep lining their pockets rather than protect the health of people, animals, and our planet. Big Meat is lining its pockets -- and the health of people, animals, and the planet is suffering. Help protect our planet and stop the expansion of factory farming, and donate $10 or more today to help us reach our urgent $2,130 goal. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Friends of the Earth is advocating for policies to reform current animal agriculture practices and shift to more sustainable livestock and plant-based food production. We work for a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system that supports a just transition away from factory farms and protects our planet, and your membership support can help power that work. We can’t allow Big Ag to continue to wreak havoc on animals and communities. Unless we challenge the hand-outs of public dollars and lax regulations that prop up factory farming, Big Meat corporations like JBS and Tyson will never change their practices. Because of the large profit margins in factory farming, mega meat corporations continue to push the limits of the number of animals they can pack into fewer farms. Between 1960 and 2002, small farmers were driven out as the number of farms in the U.S. decreased by 50%. Meanwhile, the number of animals in these farms soared. In 2020, nearly 10 billion animals were slaughtered in the U.S. and many of them lived their entire lives in confinement. Life in and around factory farms is unbearable for both people and animals. Until we rein in the power of Big Meat by changing policy and enacting stronger regulations, factory farms will continue to wreak havoc. We must step up our efforts quickly before the damage becomes too great to reverse. Make your gift of $10 or more before the clock strikes midnight and help us reach our $2,130 goal. Mega meat corporations are harming animals, people, and the environment. Help us fight back for our planet by donating $10 or more today! 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