{"id":5541,"date":"2026-01-28T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/?page_id=5541"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:02:53","slug":"2025-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/who-we-are\/annual-reports\/2025-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"featured_content padding-top-none padding-bottom-large\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner bg-green\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Andrew-headshot-Large-1.jpg');\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"pretitle\"><\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Letter from the Executive Director<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p>In last year\u2019s report, I wrote about Farm Forward\u2019s commitment to make the harms of factory farming impossible for the public and policymakers to ignore. That commitment has only deepened in 2025. Over the past year, our work has focused on connecting farmed animal welfare to concerns that are top-of-mind for many Americans: the safety and cost of the food they eat, as well as personal and public health risks. We told these stories convincingly, and <strong>the response to our work this year was unambiguous: millions of people paid attention, and tens of thousands took action to demand change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"normal_content bg-white padding-top-none padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p>Our research into the ongoing bird flu crisis shows how deeply the public health risks run. We revealed that when the largest poultry and dairy companies repeatedly cause avian flu outbreaks, USDA spends billions of taxpayer dollars bailing them out. Instead of requiring even the most basic reforms, like lower stock densities, improved genetics, or stronger biosecurity, regulators allow industrial operations to continue practices that endanger workers, raise prices, and keep the virus circulating. Our findings helped drive sustained national coverage in <em>The New York Times, Newsweek, CNN, USA Today<\/em>, and <em>Reuters<\/em>, giving the public an unfiltered look at the systemic failures fueling this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>This work naturally led us to another, closely connected threat that affects every American: the overuse of antibiotics in industrial meat production escalating the antimicrobial resistance crisis. Building on our prior investigation that found that beef marketed as \u201cantibiotic- free\u201d by major companies tested positive for antibiotic residues, we continued pressing for stronger testing, greater transparency, and accountability for misleading labels. That advocacy is now informing active litigation, shaping congressional reforms, and renewing scrutiny of an industry with routine practices that cause immense suffering and jeopardize the effectiveness of lifesaving medicines.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2025, we expanded our public health focus with a new food safety campaign on foodborne illness, uncovering the widespread salmonella contamination in the poultry industry. Our investigation found that some of the nation\u2019s largest slaughter plants routinely violate safety standards and sell contaminated poultry to consumers\u2014and even to federal nutrition assistance programs serving schoolchildren and seniors. These discoveries helped ignite a national conversation about interlocking crises: <strong>our food supply\u2019s public health dangers and the government\u2019s unwillingness to act.<\/strong> The dynamic is disturbing: corporations sicken the public, overuse critical medicines, and fuel pandemic risk, leaving taxpayers, consumers, and farmed animals to shoulder the cost, while the agencies tasked with protecting Americans repeatedly abdicate their responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Farm Forward will always focus on<strong> advancing policies that immediately reduce suffering while building the public will to create a future beyond factory farming.<\/strong> Our job is to connect increasing concerns about factory farming to the systemic reforms that can actually make a difference for farmed animals. This year marked an expansion of how we tell such stories. In addition to earned media, we launched our first paid influencer campaigns in partnership with trusted new-media voices, and across platforms saw <strong>a 25 percent increase in our audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every investigation we publish, every media story we inspire, and every policy we champion is guided by a simple belief: when people understand what industrial agriculture really looks like, many will demand better\u2014for themselves, for their families, and for animals. I\u2019m proud of what we achieved together in 2025, and I\u2019m even more hopeful about the opportunities ahead. Thank you for being part of this work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andrew-signature.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andrew-signature.png 153w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/andrew-signature-150x61.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew deCoriolis<br \/>\nExecutive Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"divider padding-top-none padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner\" style=\"min-height: ;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-main-Hero-Image-1920x960-2.jpg');\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"pretitle\">By the Numbers<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Changing Farming, Narrative, &#038; Policy<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"columns bg-white padding-top-small padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_01-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_01-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/strong><strong>70+ media stories inspired by or featuring content from Farm Forward,<\/strong> in outlets including leading newspapers and magazines, local radio and television news shows, and factory farming industry publications. In 2024 we placed 34 stories, and in 2025, 72, an increase of over 100 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_02-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_02-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>620+ institutions,<\/strong> such as Harvard Business School, NYC Public Hospitals, and Bon App\u00e9tit Management Co., <strong>transformed their dining policies and operations to serve more plant-based foods and\/or fewer factory-farmed products<\/strong> through Farm Forward\u2019s in-house and partner programs, including the Better Food Foundation\u2019s DefaultVeg initiative, by 2025\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"columns bg-white padding-top-small padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_03.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_03-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_03-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>123 percent increase in the number of annual unique users of our website since 2023, from 69K to 154K<\/strong>, with visitors exploring topics such as animal welfare labels, bird flu, foodborne illness, antibiotics, humanewashing, litigation and legislation, while the number of clicks and other user-initiated events grew to 742K, a 110 percent jump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_04-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>35+ villages in India. Through grants, we provided free and subsidized veterinary care and animal welfare education to more than 35 villages in India in 2025.<\/strong> This initiative relieves animal suffering while supporting research on factory farming that informs our global work. By serving hundreds of farmers and thousands of animals, it helps sustain traditional, higher welfare farming practices and builds knowledge to advance more humane, farmer-friendly, and sustainable Indian agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"columns bg-white padding-top-small padding-bottom-none\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_05.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_05-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_05-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><strong>2.9 million views on new media platforms<\/strong> (including TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky) of posts and stories about Farm Forward\u2019s work on humanewashing, public health, climate, environment, and more, not counting shares and reposts, in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_06.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_06-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/By-The-Numbers-2025-Graphic_06-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>$1.2 billion in annual food spend impacted by the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) across 98 public institutions<\/strong>. A sample of 16 shifted demand from conventional (lowest welfare) meat, dairy, and eggs by purchasing more than 960,000 pounds of higher welfare certified products. We co-led GFPP 3.0\u2019s launch, with stronger plant-based defaults; as data from more institutions comes in, we expect to see GFPP\u2019s \u201cless and better approach\u201d spare millions of animals from factory farming&#8217;s worst harms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"divider padding-top-small padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner\" style=\"min-height: ;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-Section-Divider-Options-1920x750_04.png');\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"pretitle\">Media Highlights<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Earned Media Links Food Crises to Industrial Animal Ag<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"resource_links bg-white padding-top-none padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><h5><span style=\"color: #65a441;\">This year, Farm Forward propelled stories about industrial animal agriculture to places they rarely reach. While many Americans remain disconnected from where their food comes from, coverage of our work across major outlets made it harder to ignore what happens inside factory farms\u2014and how those conditions shape everything from public health to climate resilience. More than ever before, reporters relied on our research to explain why so many of the crises dominating the headlines trace back to the same underlying system: factory farming.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Our work on bird flu was particularly effective at reaching new audiences. <strong><em>The New York Times, The Hill, <\/em><\/strong>and<strong><em> Newsweek<\/em><\/strong> drew on our findings to show how H5N1 continues to spread through overcrowded, genetically fragile flocks and how federal indemnity payments have repeatedly rewarded repeat offenders. <em><strong>The Los Angeles Times<\/strong><\/em> highlighted the millions of dollars paid to dairies struck by the virus, and raised questions about why American tax dollars provide ongoing bailouts to industrial dairies even when they do nothing to mitigate disease or prevent reinfection, with some dairies receiving as many as six bailouts in the time period studied. Subsidizing industry practices that spread bird flu leaves workers and the public vulnerable and perpetuates widespread animal suffering. An op-ed in <em><strong>The Hill<\/strong><\/em> by our executive director Andrew deCoriolis and expert veterinary epidemiologist Dr. Gail Hansen further sharpened the point: these outbreaks are not inevitable accidents but predictable consequences of a system built for scale, not safety. Our media strategy not only raised public awareness but helped catalyze bipartisan interest in USDA indemnity reform\u2014a legislative effort we\u2019re pursuing with key Senate offices, including <strong>Senator Cory Booker<\/strong> of New Jersey and <strong>Senator Jack Reed<\/strong> of Rhode Island, who introduced Senate bill S.1904, the \u201cEnding Taxpayer Support for Big Egg Producers Act,&#8221; earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Our investigation into salmonella contamination achieved even more widespread coverage. More than 20 articles in <em><strong>The L.A. Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CNET, Food Safety News<\/strong><\/em>, and other outlets reported on our analysis showing widespread salmonella contamination in poultry sold by leading brands at major grocery chains. The stories underscored the same structural failures visible in the bird flu crisis: animals bred to grow too quickly, crowded barns where pathogens thrive, and a regulatory framework that legally allows contaminated meat to reach consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Building on our exposure of antibiotic residue in \u201cNo Antibiotics, Ever\u201d beef sold at Whole Foods, which led to an ongoing class-action lawsuit against the company, our work uncovering antibiotic misuse continued to gain traction. National coverage, from <em><strong>USA Herald<\/strong><\/em> to <em><strong>The Cool Down<\/strong><\/em> and <strong>conservative radio outlets<\/strong>, illustrated how misleading \u201cRaised Without Antibiotics\u201d claims mask widespread industry deception.<\/p>\n<p>What surprised us was how readily these stories crossed into industry circles. Our salmonella findings were covered by <em><strong>Food Safety News<\/strong><\/em>, whose primary audiences are industry food safety professionals and regulators, and <em><strong>Poultry Times<\/strong><\/em>, a publication not known for amplifying critiques of factory farming. Meanwhile, <em><strong>The Cattle Range<\/strong><\/em>, an outlet also typically used to reinforce industry narratives, covered our investigation of antibiotic misuse. Together, these unusual stories signal that our investigation raised these issues to a level that the problem could not be ignored by industry actors.<\/p>\n<p>While food safety and labeling dominated much of the coverage, our environmental work reached new audiences through national reporting on manure-based biogas. Our reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/publications\/gaslit-by-biogas\/\"><em><strong>Gaslit by Biogas: Big Ag\u2019s Reverse Robin Hood Effect<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/publications\/biogas-plot-midwest\/\"><strong><em>The \u2018Biogas\u2019 Plot: Fueling Factory Farms in the Midwest<\/em><\/strong><\/a> documented how digesters entrench factory farming, inspiring a widely read Vox feature challenging the notion that biogas is a climate solution at all. By highlighting how subsidies flow to the largest and most polluting dairies, reporters echoed our warning that climate policy cannot succeed while reinforcing the industrial systems driving the problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctas-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/story\/2025-10-30\/salmonella-is-widespread-in-ground-poultry-the-usda-knows-it-and-does-nothing-to-stop-it#:~:text=A%20new%20report%20reveals%20salmonella,inspectors%20can%20only%20note%20violations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Los Angeles Times<\/em> \u201cPoultry industry pushes back after report shows salmonella is widespread in grocery store chicken&#8221;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/food\/article\/costco-chickens-exceed-federal-limit-salmonella-21131808.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>SFGATE<\/em> \u201cSalmonella is widespread at Calif. grocery stores, including Costco, report says\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafetynews.com\/2025\/12\/non-profit-group-reveals-severity-of-ongoing-salmonella-contamination-in-poultry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Food Safety News<\/em> \u201cNon-profit group reveals severity of ongoing Salmonella contamination in poultry\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/costcos-beloved-4-99-rotisserie-153700758.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Yahoo! Finance<\/em> \u201cCostco&#8217;s beloved $4.99 rotisserie chicken could harbor a nasty secret\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poultrytimes.com\/five-years-of-salmonella-failures-at-koch-foods-plant-in-cumming-ga-usda-records-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Poultry Times<\/em> \u201cFive years of salmonella failures at Koch Foods plant in Cummings, GA., USDA records reveal\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/02\/05\/california-decides-what-regenerative-agriculture-means-sort-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Civil Eats<\/em> \u201cCalifornia Decides What &#8216;Regenerative Agriculture&#8217; Means, Sort of\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/usaherald.com\/whole-foods-beef-scandal-buyers-push-for-lawsuit-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>USA Herald<\/em> \u201cWhole Foods Beef Scandal: Buyers Push for Lawsuit Action\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/sustainable-food\/antibiotic-free-beef-labeling-farm-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Cool Down<\/em> \u201cInvestigation uncovers shocking evidence that major beef brands are deceiving their customers: &#8216;Knowingly defrauding the public&#8217;\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2025-08-13\/first-map-of-nations-cattle-and-hog-farms-is-published\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> \u201cCalifornia has more cattle feedlots than any state, new map shows. Why that matters\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/392881\/dairy-biogas-manure-digester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vox<\/em> \u201cBig Oil and Big Ag are teaming up to turn cow poop into energy\u2014and profits. The math doesn&#8217;t add up\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/sentientmedia.org\/slaughterhouses-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-give-people-urinary-tract-infections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sentient<\/em> \u201cSlaughterhouses Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria That Give People Urinary Tract Infections\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250522032125\/https:\/\/www.cattlerange.com\/articles\/2025\/04\/usda-found-antibiotics-in-beef-raised-without-antibiotics-and-took-no-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Cattle Range<\/em> \u201cUSDA Found Antibiotics in Beef &#8216;Raised Without Antibiotics&#8217; and Took No Action\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/antimicrobial-resistance\/fda-layoffs-antimicrobial-overuse-in-farm-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>U.S. Right To Know<\/em> \u201cFDA layoffs will hamper efforts to cut antimicrobial overuse in farm animals&#8221;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/ca.style.yahoo.com\/beef-labeled-raised-without-antibiotics-001500225.html?guccounter=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Yahoo! Life<\/em> \u201cIs Beef Labeled &#8220;Raised Without Antibiotics&#8221; Actually Antibiotic-Free? A Disturbing Report Reveals, Maybe Not\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/410733\/trump-meat-agriculture-100-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vox<\/em> \u201cThe 6 Ways Trump has been a gift to the meat industry\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"divider padding-top-small padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner\" style=\"min-height: ;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-Section-Divider-New-Media-1920x750-1.jpg');\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"pretitle\">Media Highlights<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Expanding Our Reach Through New Media<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"resource_links bg-white padding-top-none padding-bottom-small\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><h5><span style=\"color: #65a441;\">While we have a significant track record of securing mainstream media coverage, younger demographics are increasingly relying on nontraditional media sources. To capture this audience, this year we pursued an additional approach with tremendous promise: partnering with influencers and digital creators who already have the trust and attention of some of the communities we\u2019re trying to reach. In November, we launched our first paid campaigns with firms that specialize in new media storytelling, and the results were immediate: millions of views, high engagement, and thousands of people actually taking action off-platform.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Videos created by trusted voices\u2014including videos by &#8220;Politics Girl&#8221; widely shared on TikTok and other platforms that broke down how salmonella outbreaks and food safety directly relate to factory farming\u2014reached audiences we could never have accessed through traditional media alone, contributing to a 25 percent increase in our audience across platforms. The three videos released via this partnership so far garnered close to 1.3 million views, resulted in more than 17 thousand signatures on petitions to USDA, and brought in hundreds of new small-dollar donors whose contributions will help drive this work forward. We are optimistic that building long term relationships with networks of influencers will pay dividends in shaping public opinion and building political momentum. The challenge: building such relationships requires significant, sustained marketing budgets to scale.<\/p>\n<p>Our content also reached new heights on user-driven platforms. Our salmonella reporting led to Reddit\u2019s #1 posts of the day on r\/Health and r\/USFoodSafety, and #4 posts on r\/PublicHealth and r\/News, leading to more than 1.5 million views of the poultry salmonella stories on that platform, the comment sections filled with people demanding answers about why food corporations and USDA are actively endangering public health.<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative impact of this year&#8217;s coverage across traditional media, digital storytelling, and user-driven platforms signals a powerful shift. Farm Forward is expanding the narrative so that factory farming is increasingly understood not only as an animal welfare issue, but as a driver of disease risk, environmental harm, and regulatory failure. Through rigorous research and sustained media engagement, we are helping ensure that the national conversation reflects the true costs of industrial agriculture\u2014 and the urgency of replacing it with something better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctas-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQfVjMmjVgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>Instagram: <\/em>&#8220;Check Your Fridge&#8221; (Politics Girl)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IAmPoliticsGirl\/status\/1990570648846925844?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"> <em>Twitter\/X: <\/em>&#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; (Politics Girl)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Reddit: <\/em>&#8220;Poultry industry pushes back after report shows salmonella is widespread in grocery chicken&#8221;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrowed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@iampoliticsgirl\/video\/7586093340463041823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>TikTok: <\/em>&#8220;Not The Chicken?!&#8221; (Politics Girl)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"normal_content bg-white padding-top-small padding-bottom-large\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><h5>But that&#8217;s just part of the story.<\/h5>\n<a class=\"btn btn-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-Farm-Forward-Annual-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full 2025 Annual Report<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5221,"parent":191,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5541","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5541\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}