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Why CDC's One Health Framework Falls Short When It Comes to …

WEBKeeping health challenges and diseases at bay requires strategies that look at people, animals, and their shared environment. This is called a “One Health …

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Antibiotic Resistance Disproportionately Impacts women’s Health

WEBWomen’s experiences associated with pregnancy and childbirth may put them at increased risk of antibiotic resistance. Women hold 76% of all healthcare jobs, …

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Huge Victory for Public Health and FACT — FACT

WEBIn 2016, FACT supported the FDA’s plan. In 2020, the FDA took another step and proposed to remove the testing method and made clear that the drug could not …

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Our Impact — FACT

WEBSince 1982, FACT has been leading the charge to make that vision a reality. We provide critical resources to help farmers adopt humane practices, advocate for food safety, and …

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Nutritional Benefits of Humane Farming — FACT

WEBFACT is committed to helping livestock and poultry farmers raise their animals outdoors on well-managed pasture due to the numerous benefits associated with pasture-based …

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Raising Awareness About the Spread of Resistant Superbugs

WEBThe Food and Drug Administration along with other public health agencies recognize the problem of resistant superbugs but are too often unwilling to actually act …

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Strong Leadership From HHS is Needed to Preserve our …

WEBToday, Food Animal Concerns Trust and 24 colleagues and ally organizations on behalf of the Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition sent a letter to the …

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The Nutritional Benefits of Food from Pasture-Raised Animals

WEBThey also experience lower stress, disease, and lameness, as well as fewer reproductive problems. Pasture-based animal production can help to improve soil health …

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The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Eroding Focus on …

WEBBy Steve Roach and Madeleine Kleven, FACT’s Safe and Healthy Food Team. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center of Veterinary Medicine …

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Our Team — FACT

WEBHarry joined FACT in June 2019. An expert in scaling startup ideas into vibrant not-for-profit organizations, he previously served as cofounder and executive director for Growing …

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Why Is FDA Still OK with a Food-borne Carcinogen

WEBHumanely raising these animals results in healthier pigs and healthier people without the cancer risk that carbadox introduces. The FDA itself acknowledges the …

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Preventing or Profiting

WEBThis overuse is not only unnecessary with the humane treatment of farm animals, but harmful to human health. That is why Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) …

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Conservation practices that encourage soil health — FACT

WEBNo-till and reduced tillage techniques keep a vegetative cover over the soil preventing erosion and improving soil health. Overseeding with annuals can extend …

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What Is a Humane Farm

WEBWe believe there is a better, more humane way to raise farm animals. Unlike factory farms, farm animals deserve adequate space, access to the outdoors, clean water and air, the …

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A Case for Changing Your Grocery Habits in the New Year

WEBWe often look at the new year as an opportunity to reevaluate how we’re caring for ourselves. Food Animal Concerns Trust recommends a step you might not …

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FACT Joins Lawsuit Against the FDA — FACT

WEBFor Failure to Respond to Petitions to Ban the Growth Promoter Ractopamine. By Steve Roach, Safe and Healthy Food Program Director. On March 26, …

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FACT’s Fund-a-Farmer Grants are Now OPEN! — FACT

WEBIn 2012 FACT opened its first Fund-a-Farmer grant cycle as a way to help farmers fund projects to improve the lives of their livestock and poultry. In that inaugural …

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