A Look Back at 20 Years: A History of Firsts
While Food & Water Watch has fought factory farms since our inception in 2005, we became the first national organization to officially call for a ban on factory farms in 2018. A few years later, we published the Well-Fed report to show there’s a better, sustain- able way to feed our country.
Pictured above, Left: Our “Factory Farms Make Me Sick” campaign spread the word with a billboard in New York City’s Times Square in 2015. Photo by Jon Simon. Right: CJ and his family were featured in our Well-Fed report. They’re dedicated to regenerative farming practices at their Keenbell Farm in Virginia.
Here’s to 20 more years of protecting our food, water, and climate! Celebrate with us! See how you can participate organization to call for a ban on fracking . Working with allies and generous people like you, since then we banned fracking in New York (2014) , Maryland (2017) , Wash- ington (2019) , the Delaware River Basin (2021) , and California (2024) . Pictured above: The exciting day Maryland officially banned fracking. In 2011, Food & Water Watch became the first national
In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we became the first national organization to call for an end to water shutoffs . Proper washing was essential to staying safe during one of the worst global health crises in the last century. Together, we stopped water shutoffs in 15 states and 700 municipalities and eventually won a nationwide water shutoff mora- torium — the first time the federal government provided support for low-income household water bills. Pictured left: A masked and socially- distanced action in Washington, DC to stop utility shutoffs nationwide.
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Thanks to you, Food & Water Watch have become experts at mobilizing people and building coali- tions equipped to win important protections for our planet. Each milestone you made possible last year brought real relief to communities fighting to protect the people and places they love. See the incredible work you accomplished!
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