Food Resources

Confined animal feeding operations damage our air, water, and the rural communities they inhabit. And when we count the costs of this damage, it turns out that we can't afford to produce meat this way.

Raising swine and chickens using methods that allow them access to the outdoors is good for farmers, animals, consumers, and the environment.

Report explores how grass-fed beef and milk contribute to healthy eating.

A 2005 report by Dr. Robert Wisner, Ph.D., professor of economics at Iowa State University, analyzing various claims about the potential benefits and risks of pharmaceutical and industrial crops.

A 2004 report analyzing how to protect our food supply from unwanted contamination by pharma crops.

The Union of Concerned Scientists works to strengthen the federal oversight needed to prevent genetically engineered crops from contaminating our food supply.

Information about genetically engineered food, the misuse of antibiotics on farm animals, the risks and potential of pharm and industrial crops, healthier alternatives for growing food, and the work of the Union of Concerned Scientists in this area.

Beef is the largest driver of tropical deforestation—and companies that buy beef from tropical countries could be doing a lot more to stop it.