Fiscal Year 2024 Food & Water Watch/Action Annual Report MISSION Our food, water, and climate are under constant assault by corporations who put profit over the survival of humanity. They have seized control of the very institutions that were built to protect us. We mobilize people to reclaim their political power, hold our elected officials accountable, and resist corporate control — ensuring we all have the essential resources we need to thrive. This is a fight we must win because this planet is the only one we get.
TOGETHER, WE’RE BUILDING A LIVABLE FUTURE 2023/2024 ANNUAL REPORT
In late March 2023, Food & Water Watch and our allies gathered in California for the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California press conference. This event took place at a soccer field neigh- boring the Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles County — the largest urban drill site in the U.S. Together, we rallied support to stop a ballot measure that would have overturned a 2022 law that bans oil drilling within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, and other sensitive sites — and we won!
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You’ve Been There When Communities and Our Planet Needed You ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 2 See How You’ve Changed the World for the Better . . . One Milestone at a Time ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 Incredible People Like You Are at the Heart of Our Work ��������������������������� 7 You Strengthen Our Volunteer Network ������������������������������������������������ 7 You Educate and Spread Awareness ����������������������������������������������������� 10 You Hold Corporations and Agencies Endangering our Resources Accountable ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 11 What Your Community of Livable Future Champions Are Saying ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14
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Cover: 1. Marchers at the March to End Fossil Fuels / 2. Activist supporting the NY Heat Act / 3. Community members at a rally to demand the shutdown of Aliso Canyon in California. Photo by Alex Austin / 4. Hilary Flint of Pennsylvania, who is fighting to protect her community after the East Palestine train derailment and from the Shell cracker plant in Beaver County. Photo by Mark Dixon/Blue Lens / 5. Food & Water Watch organizers and activists
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Our Shared Values Move Us Forward
Mission Our food, water, and climate are under constant assault by corpo- rations who put profit over the survival of humanity. They have seized control of the very institutions that were built to protect us. We mobilize people to reclaim their political power, hold our elect- ed officials accountable, and resist corporate control — ensuring we all have the essential resources we need to thrive. This is a fight we must win because this planet is the only one we get. What We Believe We all deserve: • A healthy and livable environment • Human dignity and to have our basic needs met • Just and fair treatment and equitable opportunities and outcomes regardless of race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation • Economic fairness that supports the many, not the few • Real democracy, so our votes and voices can’t be defeated by corporate money What We Do To protect our food, water, and climate, we organize people around the country to build political power. We mobilize at the local, state, and federal levels to win the fights others are afraid to even take on. From banning fracking to shutting down factory farms, to making sure communities across the country have access to clean water, we’ve fought against greedy corporations and reckless govern- ment agencies, and we’ve won time after time. We fight — and win — in the courts, in the halls of Congress, and on the ground in every state. Corporations may have the money, but we believe people have the power to make real change. That’s why we win.
Sent 133,200+ digital letters and petitions on 200+ issues
Held nearly 250+ meetings with Congressional offices
Engaged 2 million+ supporters
Pursuing 20+ active lawsuits
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You’ve Been There When Communities and Our Planet Needed You
It’s been almost 20 years since I founded Food & Water Watch, and some things have changed. Thanks to you, we’ve grown. We now have a nationwide presence and can respond to threats to our food, water, and climate across the country with speed and skill. Sadly, some things haven’t changed. Our planet continues to send warning signs about the climate crisis — the greatest threat to our food and water — with ever more frequency as each year passes. Corporate greed continues to pollute the places we love and call home, damaging people’s health along the way, all in the name of profit. But I believe in our future. Do you know why? It’s because of YOU. While our fight for sustainable food, safe and affordable water, and a livable climate has never been more urgent, I’ve seen how you’ve continuously shown up for commu- nities and our planet when they needed you. And it’s remarkable. Just look at the victories you made possible this year. By working together, we successfully pressured the Biden administration to pause all new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals. We stopped radioactive waste from being dumped into the Hudson River in New York. And, after years of advocacy work with allies, Oregon’s SB 85 was signed into law — the first legislation in decades to reform factory farm regulations in the state.
These strides forward bring real relief to communi- ties and lay the groundwork for future protections. It could not have happened without you. You’ve shown time and again how much you care about protecting our most precious resources and extended your generosity to communities fighting back to protect what we love. I know that with you and a smart strategy,
we’ll continue making the progress we need to create a livable future. Thank you for never giving up on our planet and fighting like you live here!
Wenonah Hauter Executive Director
SB 85 Stopped a 28,000-cow mega-dairy and a 4.5 million-chicken per year factory farm from opening in Oregon
Paused new LNG exports: U.S. is the world’s largest LNG exporter, exporting about 12 billion cubic feet per day in 2023
Stopped 1 million+ gallons of radioactive waste from being dumped into the Hudson River in New York
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See How You’ve Changed the World for the Better . . Each victory highlighted here is a step toward a future where everyone has sustainably grown food, clean and affordable water, and a livable climate. Each milestone brought real relief to people and communities fighting to protect the people and places they love.
Reined in factory farms in Oregon
Stopped LNG bomb trains Thanks to your generosity, our years of organizing against liquefied natural gas (LNG) have won real protections for communities throughout the country. The Department of Transportation suspended a Trump administration rule that allowed LNG to be transported by rail — a dangerous practice with massive risks to public health and safety.
Together, we won the first legislation in decades to reform Oregon’s factory farm regula- tions (SB85). This bill will require a more
intensive water permitting process, increase oversight on the practice of spreading factory farm waste on land, and allow local governments to require setbacks on factory farm siting. Following this victory, two industrial agriculture giants, Easterday Dairy and Foster Farms, canceled their factory farm plans.
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Saved the Hudson River from radioactive waste Because of you, we stopped Holtec International, the company decommissioning the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station near Peekskill, New York, from dumping radioactive waste into the Hudson River. You powered our New York team to organize nonstop against this dangerous plan and gather the support of communities throughout the region. This forced Holtec to delay, which allowed time for the Save the Hudson bill to be drafted, passed, and signed.
Powered the March to End Fossil Fuels — the largest demonstration to stop fossil fuels in U.S. history On September 17, 2023, more than 75,000 people joined us in New York City for the March to End Fossil Fuels. Together, we demanded the Biden administration do more to curb climate change by ending fossil fuel use. This march showed the breadth, diversity, and passion of our movement and is a testament to how your generosity has strengthened our fight for a healthy planet. It was a beautiful sight!
Holtec’s dangerous plan to dump more than one million gallons of toxic radioactive waste into the Hudson River provoked widespread outrage from the start. Passage of the Save the Hudson Bill was a tremen- dous victory for our environment, communities, and regional River economy. — Santosh Nandabalan, Senior New York Organizer
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. One Milestone at a Time
Canceled the Navigator carbon pipeline in the Midwest The massive Heartland Greenway was to be a 1,300-mile carbon pipeline spanning parts
Suspending the outrageously
dangerous Trump bomb train rule is a welcome relief to the communi- ties that would have turned into sacrifice zones in the name of fossil fuel industry profits. — Matt Smith, New Jersey State Director
of South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.
Carbon pipelines are part of carbon capture schemes used by dirty energy companies to greenwash their operations. You’ve been the backbone of our years of organizing against this project, which brought together a broad coalition of grassroots groups.
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Won new water pollution control rules for slaughterhouses Together, we compelled the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to propose new water pollution control stan- dards for slaughterhouses and rendering facilities. Following lawsuits from Food & Water Watch and our allies, the EPA’s new rules could prevent at least 100 million pounds per year of water pollution by strengthen- ing or imposing standards on just a fraction of the country’s approximately 5,000 slaughter- houses and rendering facilities.
We’re happy to see the EPA take
this long-overdue first step toward cleaning up one of the nation’s dirtiest industries. For too long, corporate meat giants have profit- ed from under-regulated water pollution — often
in communities also burdened by those same companies’ factory farms. — Dani Replogle, Attorney
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Passed a bill to ban CO2 fracking in New York State
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LNG export projects is a prudent and positive step, but the pause is only as good as it lasts… Hopefully, this represents the beginning of the end of fossil fuel exports in America. — Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director
A company called “Southern Tier CO2 to Clean Energy Solutions” was planning to skirt New York’s existing, nation-leading ban on
fracking by proposing to use carbon dioxide (CO2) instead of water for fracking. This experi- mental and dangerous method of shale gas extraction poses many of the same threats to our water, health, and climate. Because of you, Food & Water Watch and our allies organized quickly, made lots of noise, and won the passage of the CO2 fracking ban bill. As of this writing, we’re urging the Governor to sign this ban into law.
Paused all new LNG export approvals nationally Thanks to your commitment to a livable climate, together we successfully pressed the Biden administration to pause all new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals. We believe our collec- tive show of power, such as in the March to End Fossil Fuels, contrib- uted to this impactful decision.
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Successfully pressured Governor Newsom to phase out fracking in California After over a decade of continuous advocacy from Food & Water Watch and allied groups — powered by you! — and a three-year de facto ban, California’s Geologic Energy Management Division
Won the first-ever regulations on PFAS in drinking water and began holding corporations accountable for PFAS cleanup Together, we celebrated the EPA’s announcement of regulations on six PFAS — the toxic compounds known as “forever chemicals” — in drinking water. After decades of community organizing, we welcome this critical step in making drinking water safer for people nation- wide. This will save lives. The EPA also finalized its rule designating two types of PFAS, PFOA and PFOS, as hazardous substances. This will begin holding polluters accountable for paying to clean up their toxic mess.
(CalGEM) released its plan to formally
phase out fracking by prohibiting the state from issuing new fracking permits. We are currently waiting for the Newsom administration to finalize this rule.
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. One Milestone at a Time (continued)
Today’s rule restores strong
Strengthened the environmental review process of polluting projects through restored NEPA rules The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a bedrock environmental law that allows communities to weigh in on federal actions that impact their air, water, and public health. When the Trump administration gutted NEPA regulations to stifle community input and to fast-track polluting projects, Food & Water Watch’s legal team took action and won! Backed by your generosity, they worked with a broad coalition and challenged this rollback in federal court. In April, the Biden Adminis- tration restored NEPA rules to once again give communities a voice, incorporate climate concerns, and consider environmental justice impacts when polluting projects are proposed.
environmental review of federal actions and will go a long way toward having a meaningful process to assess the health and safety impacts of an array of projects. — Tarah Heizen, Legal Director
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Your generosity unlocked all of these meaningful milestones and more. Let’s continue building a brighter, healthier future together!
Stopped the Williams Pipeline in New York The Williams Pipeline Co. abandoned its plan to build a fracked gas pipeline that would have destroyed the New York Harbor and Rocka- way Peninsula. Your unwaver- ing commitment to protecting our marine ecosystems and frontline communities made
Chemical companies have attempted to hide what they have long known about the dangers of PFAS, creat- ing a widespread public health crisis in the process… Today’s new rules are a necessary and important step to jump-start the cleanup process for two types of PFAS. — Mary Grant, Public Water for All Director
sure coalitions in New York and New Jersey could advocate contin- uously to bat down repeated attempts by Williams to move this pipeline forward.
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Incredible People Like You Are at the Heart of Our Work You Strengthen Our Volunteer Network
Big, systemic change requires people power. This allows Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Action to connect with communities across the country to push for the bold action we need to stop the climate crisis and protect our food and water. Because of you, our grassroots movement and our capacity to create change have grown. This year, we launched dedicated volunteer teams to focus their efforts on the key issues you care about.
WATER ACTION TEAM
PLASTIC ACTION TEAM
I have worked with other environmental organizations that merely discuss issues. Food & Water Watch is different because it not only provides education and training but also supports volunteer work with legislators and citizens. I am thrilled to be part of the Plastic Action Team that is creating real, sustainable change in Pennsylvania. — Kathy Cook, A Volunteer Leader
I believe everyone deserves safe water. That’s why I’m volunteering with the Water Action Team to support the PFAS Action Act. Thank you for empowering the Water Action Team to fight for this essential human right! — Analyse Adams, A Volunteer Leader
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You Activated Volunteers Across the Country!
Curious About Volunteer Opportunities? See what events are currently on offer for Volunteers.
2,531 Volunteers activated across 45 states plus Puerto Rico
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CLIMATE ACTION TEAM
FOOD ACTION TEAM
The climate crisis is a massive problem, but I
Thank you for championing our work to ban factory farms and support resilient, diversified family farms! I believe we can build a world where everyone has access to healthy food that is grown and raised in a way that is good for the farmers, the workers, everyday people like you and me, and the environment. — Claire Gates, A Volunteer Leader
believe that if we work together, we can create a future where everyone can live safe, healthy lives. I want to spend my time and energy working toward this goal with the Climate Action Team because I know we can make a difference. I’m grateful to Food & Water Watch for giving me the tools to help in this fight and so grateful to you for making my team’s work possible! — Katie Olsson, A Volunteer Leader
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Food & Water Watch Organizers Alexa Moore and Emily Tucker drew a crowd at "Environment Day at the Legislature" at the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe. They shared information about the urgent need to ban factory farms in New Mexico.
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Incredible People Like You Are at the Heart of Our Work (continued)
You Educate and Spread Awareness Our work together would be incomplete if we didn’t educate people about threats to our environment and how we can each make a difference. The industries we take on try to control narratives, greenwash data, or hatch plans in back rooms. That’s why your impact on spreading awareness is crucial!
Top 3 Research Articles to Catch Up On
Earlier this year, George Washington University’s Dr. Ivy Ken invited Food & Water Watch researcher Natalie Balbuena to her class to speak about PFAS. “I really enjoyed engaging with students,” said Natalie, and summed up her experience with three words: “Moti- vation. I’m very passionate about this topic and put a lot of work into the research. I wanted to let my energy shine through so I can pass motivation on to the students — so they can get up and do something about the PFAS crisis.” “Also, momentum: We’re riding the wave as we speak when it comes to PFAS. We’re living and witnessing the history of people starting to regulate them.” “And, awareness: Awareness is THE key! And something that should bring you comfort. The fact that you are aware, the fact that awareness makes you a conscious consumer — What do you spend your money on? Who do you support? Do they support legislation that is great for PFAS regulation? And crucially, it also empowers people and communities to protect each other.” Thank you for generously investing in talent and passion like Natalie’s. Because of you, she and other Food & Water Watch experts are educating and spreading awareness about threats to our health and communities.
The Real Root of High Food Prices: Corporate Greed and Consolidation While families face climbing food prices, corporations rake in more profits. Luckily, we know just how to tackle this. Why Carbon Storage Is a Bad Idea Big Oil wants us to bet that it can curb climate change by burying carbon underground. Here’s why we shouldn’t. 5 Reasons to Rein in the Bottled Water Industry The bottled water industry wants to replace well-funded, equitable public water systems. We can and must stop it.
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You Hold Corporations and Agencies Endangering our Resources Accountable Incredible People Like You Are at the Heart of Our Work (continued)
Strategic legal actions are some of the best tools for holding polluters and the agencies responsible for regulating them accountable. Because of you, Food & Water Watch’s legal team is a force to be reckoned with.
Tarah Heinzen, Legal Director I believe in Food & Water Watch’s determination to fight for and win the change we need, not just what seems politically possible or expedient. To secure a livable future, we need to fight for deep, structural change. I value the role Food & Water Watch plays
in the broader environmental and progressive movement, embold- ening our partners to take stronger positions on critical issues. In my role, that means our legal team also gets to be bold — we bring high-impact lawsuits and provide legal support to strategic organizing campaigns. The range of work we do — from tactical support at the local level to major impact litigation at the national level — keeps our work as interesting as it is meaningful.
Erin Doran, Senior Attorney I was drawn to Food & Water Watch because of its dual focus on factory farms and
climate. As the climate crisis becomes more and more dire, I feel more and more compelled to engage in this work. What I look forward to on a typical day is collabo- rating with partners or other folks at Food & Water Watch and beyond. It’s helpful to have a broad perspective from the different coalitions we’re involved in to strategize about how we can best address complex environmental problems.
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Tyler Lobdell, Attorney I live in a region with a high concentration of factory farms. I pass large dairies and feedlots frequently. I see the impact they have on local communities and the environment as a whole, like festering sores on the landscape. I feel strongly that the factory farm model is absurd from environmental, public health, and animal welfare perspectives.
I’m connected to my work at Food & Water Watch because it aligns with my personal worldview, beliefs, ethics, and the things I believe need to be accomplished for a livable future. Working at a place that aligns with me in this way is unique and rewarding.
Emily Miller, Attorney Growing food in the garden, sharing meals with my family, enjoying the mountains where I live — my deep appreciation of food and the environment shapes who I am. As a lawyer fighting for a sustainable, transparent food system and resisting the corporate powers polluting our environment and communities, I know it’s an uphill battle. So, I put in the time and research to be as well-rounded on the issues as possible so we have the strongest legal arguments.
Dani Replogle, Attorney
I like to embrace the creativity aspect of what the legal team does at Food & Water Watch. I enjoy legal writing, and that stems from my love of creative writing. So, I want to push back on the idea that legal writing needs to be formulaic and hyper-constrained to deliver a message that judges will understand. I think the best cases, briefs, and memos are pieces of writing that tell a compelling story on behalf of impacted communities and the environment.
What’s Our Legal Team Up To?
Visit our Legal Cases page on our website to learn more about the legal actions Food & Water Watch is pursuing.
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Food & Water Watch organizers and volunteers in New York gave out free ice cream to fight for an affordable transition to renewable energy. They converted volunteer Jon Pope’s truck into an “ice cream truck” and handed out cold treats while they talked to constituents and collected petition signatures in support of the NY HEAT Act, a state bill that would phase out natural gas infrastructure and cap rising energy costs.
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What Your Community of Livable Future Champions Are Saying Lynne Azarchi Donates
to Get More Planet- Protectors Involved Please introduce yourself to our readers.
I’m Lynne Azarchi. I’m the Executive Director of Kidsbridge Youth Center outside of Trenton, New Jersey. It’s an organization that fosters bullying prevention, diversity appreciation, empathy, anti-bias, and empowerment for youth. I’m also the author of The Empathy Advantage: Coaching Kids to be Kind, Respect- ful, and Successful . How long have you been interested in environmental causes? I became interested in environmental issues while in college. I joined the lettuce and grape boycotts led by Caesar Chavez — I was horrified when I learned that farm workers were being sprayed with harmful insecticides. How did you hear about Food & Water Watch / Food & Water Action, and what motivated you to make your first gift? I learned about Food & Water Watch more than 15 years ago through one of your emails or mailings. It led me to attend a local meeting in New Jersey, where I met nice people who were activists. They had empathy and cared for others. What do you think about Food & Water Watch / Food & Water Action’s work and impact on the world? As a youth educator, one of the things I love about Food & Water Watch is that it uses the same strategies I teach to kids to generate social-emotional skills — like empathy and respect for others, and empathetic action to help others who have less. What do you hope to accomplish through your philanthropy? I hope that Food & Water Watch grows larger, attracting more people to the movement.
Food & Water Watch is an extraordinary group of people…
It’s so rare to have an opportunity to work alongside folks who truly care about others. — Lynne Azarchi, Donor
I hope my giving inspires more supporters to get involved because everyone deserves clean air and water, and healthy food. If you were talking to someone about giving to and getting involved with Food & Water Watch / Food & Water Action, what would you tell them? What do you wish everyone knew about our mission? Food & Water Watch is an extraordinary group of people… It’s so rare to have an oppor- tunity to work alongside folks who truly care about others. I wish more people knew of Food & Water Watch’s impressive outcomes, such as winning bans on fracking in several states, getting stronger factory farm regulations, fight- ing off water polluters, and raising awareness of plastic pollution. What gives you hope for the future? Young people give me hope. I see so many younger people who accept diversity, appreci- ate difference, and are more empathetic to care about others’ health and our precious Earth — and they are standing up and speaking out.
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What Your Community of Livable Future Champions Are Saying (continued)
Jane Fonda, Actor and Activist
In towns, cities, and states across this country, Food & Water Watch organizers are on the ground working every day to lift up the voices of people calling for change — calling for clean air, clean water, sustainable food, an end to fossil fuels — calling for a livable future for all. And they’re holding their elected officials accountable for creating that future. So I thank you, Food & Water Watch, for your leadership.
Rebecca Wolf, Food & Water Watch Senior Food Policy Analyst continue fighting for the future of food — one that’s just and sustainable for all of us — farmers, workers, consumers, a healthy environ- ment, and animals on the land. Thank you! Your generosity allows Food & Water Watch to
Dr Alan and Karen Warren, Activists
After the 2016 election, I was devastated, so I got online and
found Food & Water Watch — and I felt like these people are my people. They’re fighting the same fight. They have the same concerns. It's like finding your peeps … they’re planet protectors, and that matters to me. — Karen The way Food & Water Watch shines a light on problems that are so important today — they let us know what issues are coming up, how we can get involved, who we need to talk to to make a change. They get involved with these issues, and they make something happen, and that's where you want to put your support. — Alan
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Senator Cory Booker
We can make real progress, to start to transform our broken food system and to shift subsidies away from these factory farms and toward farmers that are growing healthy foods and using regenerative practices. Everyone deserves access to healthy, affordable food that’s good for them and good for our environ- ment. We can empower farmers and farm workers and protect our environment. This is why I am so proud to have Food & Water Watch’s support on these issues.
Liv Perfetti, Food & Water Action Canvasser
Megan McDonough, Food & Water Watch Pennsylvania State Director Whether it’s in communities like East Palestine, Ohio, dealing with the aftermath of dangerous chemicals like vinyl chloride; in Baltimore, Maryland, where we’re helping residents fight for clean water; or in Iowa, where we're demanding a moratorium on factory farms — Food & Water Watch will be there to put people first and fight to make sure everyone has access to safe food, clean water, and a livable climate. We’re able to do all this thanks to people like you who compassionately support our mission.
I first got involved because I knew how important the
[2022] midterm election was, and I just wanted to do everything I could to have an impact…If you ever thought about canvassing, I’d say sign up with Food & Water Action and get out there. I made some really good friends, I was able to connect with so many people in my community, and it was really, really rewarding to feel like I was making a difference in a world where it can feel really hard to do that.
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Food & Water Action’s Oregon team kicked off their Week of Action Against Factory Farming with a community bike ride. The week also included an art build, pizza and trivia night, a call-in day, and a petition drop in Salem to urge elected officials to stop the expansion of factory farms.
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Let’s Continue Building a Livable Future, Together
Over the past year, dedicated people like you have shown tremendous passion and care for protecting the health of our families, our communities, and our planet. Thank you! As we gear up for another year, we’re so grateful for your continued commitment to building a world where everyone has sustainably grown food, clean and affordable water, and a climate that allows each and every one of us to thrive. We’ll face plenty of challenges. Powerful and greedy corpo- rations will continue prioritizing their profits at the risk of public health and the environment. The elected officials who do their bidding will continue to stand in the way of prog- ress. And the climate crisis will continue to sound alarm bells with extreme weather and dangerous storms. By working together and growing our community of compassionate people like you, we can overcome those challenges, and build on our hard-fought and protective wins for our planet. Momentum is on our side! Let’s continue building a livable future for all, together.
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Food & Water Watch Northeast Region Director Alex Beauchamp took the podium at the New York State Capitol in Albany to applaud the State Assembly and Senate for protecting public health and the environment by passing legislation banning drilling and fracking using carbon dioxide (CO2) in the state. Together, we’re urging Governor Hochul to sign the bill into law.
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Board & Leadership
FOOD & WATER WATCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maude Barlow, Board Chair Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director Rudolf Amenga-Etego Elyzabeth Peredo Beltrán Robert Howarth Shawn McKenzie Michele Merkel Mary Ricci Lisa Schubert FOOD & WATER ACTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wenonah Hauter, Founder and Executive Director Craig Merrilees Adolph Reed Mary Ricci
Daniele Gerard LEADERSHIP Wenonah Hauter, Founder and Executive Director Managing Directors Caland Barney Mitch Jones Mark Schlosberg
Tamara Tripp Emily Wurth ADVISORY COUNCIL The Advisory Council serves as a leadership body of members committed to the growth and improvement of Food & Water Watch.
Lynne Azarchi Tracy Farwell Bill Gee Madelaine Haberman Craig Merrilees Natalie Pien Jon Pope Abigail Rome Eric Strid Kitty Ufford-Chase
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Food & Water Watch Hudson Valley Senior Organizer Emily Skydel (pictured first on the right) and activist volunteers gather in Manhattan. Wearing orange vests, they distributed signs and organized marchers at the March to End Fossil Fuels.
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Financial Snapshot
For fiscal year 2024: July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024
YOUR GENEROSITY AT WORK Food & Water Watch
$5,912,763 Food
Total Program Expenses: $11,210,990
$3,407,913 Water
Total Administrative Expenses: $4,659,366
TOTAL EXPENSES: $15,870,356
SOURCES OF FUNDING
$2,774,828 Management
$1,890,314 Climate
$1,884,538 Fundraising
TOTAL REVENUE: $ 21,831,752
$882,082 Investments & Other Revenue
$20,949,670 Contribututions & Grants
YOUR GENEROSITY AT WORK Food & Water Action
$677,187 Advocacy
Total Program Expenses: $677,187
Total Administrative Expenses: $367,724
TOTAL EXPENSES: $1,044,911
SOURCES OF FUNDING
$101,889 Management
$265,835 Fundraising
TOTAL REVENUE: $1,333,048
$19,396 Investments & Other Revenue
$1,313,652 Contribututions & Grants
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