CAFO Concerns Download this in PDF form, here. If you are living near a CAFO, you may experience a number of economic, environmental and public health concerns. In this section of the Toolkit, you will find documents explaining some of these concerns, how to document them and where to report them in order to…
Read MoreHeather Navarro to Leave MCE After 7 Wonderful Years
View the Executive Director job posting, here. _________________________________________________ Heather Navarro’s personal letter: Official MCE press release:
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Greater St. Louis Area Gleaning Program
What is Gleaning Gleaning involves a team of volunteers going to a farm to harvest or pick up already harvested unwanted food from the farmer for donation. Gleaned food is quickly distributed to food-insecure individuals and families in the region. Gleaning is happening all across the country and as of June 2020, it is now…
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Ladder of Advocacy — Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Most animal production in the United States comes from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), also referred to as factory farms. Confining hundreds to hundreds of thousands of animals together, often pumped with multiple antibiotics at every meal, poses a significant number of environmental and human health threats that are well documented, such as antibiotic resistance,…
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Injustice in Our Industrial Food System: CAFOs and Racial Inequity
The Environmental Injustice of CAFOs Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) threaten our rural economies, public health, and environmental quality. All of these negative impacts disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color because of where CAFOs operate and who they employ. Therefore, CAFOs are an example of environmental racism: “the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards…
Read MoreMCE Stands in Solidarity Against Racial Injustice
Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) stands in solidarity with the family of George Floyd and everyone who suffers fear, oppression, and violence because of the color of their skin. We cannot continue to watch and participate in a system that keeps killing black men, women, and children. The murder of George Floyd is another…
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