Food & Water Watch • 2022 Annual Report
Food & Water Watch in the Press “Towns just turned to dust’: how factory hog farms help hollow out rural communities” May 5, 2022 “California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials The Guardian
hopes the state will continue to hold Easterday accountable because the water source for the dairy is an aquifer at particularly high risk for contamination.”
Washington Post “Fossil fuel projects were stalled a year ago. Now they’re making a comeback.” November 4, 2022 ”An analysis by the advocacy group Food & Water Watch tallies the potential climate impact if every natural gas project on the table gets built. By 2030, the ‘lifecycle footprint’ — which includes the impact of extracting, processing, and shipping it all, plus the greenhouse gas effects when it is burned for energy — would equal the emissions of 621 million cars on the road for a year. It would be like building 100 new coal plants, according to the group.”
are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say” May 15, 2022 “‘Corporate water abuse has to be addressed, or no other measures will matter,’ said Jessica Gable, a spokesperson for Food & Water Watch . ‘The perception in California right now is it’s no secret any longer that drought is linked with climate change,’ Gable told CNN.” “Company Wants $14M to Get Out of Oregon Mega Dairy” July 26, 2022 “ Tarah Heinzen, the legal director for nonprofit Food & Water Watch , said she Associated Press
The New York Times
“‘This report pushes back on the narrative that factory farms are good for rural communities and that they create jobs and economic opportunities, because we’ve seen the exact opposite,’ says the report’s author, Amanda Starbuck, research director at Food & Water Watch .“
“Kroger and Albertsons Plan $25 Billion Supermarket Merger That May Face Hurdles” October 14, 2022 “ Rebecca Wolf, a food policy analyst at Food & Water Watch , concluded that this proposed merger offered consumers little benefit. ‘A lot of advocates and consumer advocates who have been following this kind of work for a long time really know and understand that this type of merger will entrench the power of the grocery industry,’ she said.”
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