Andrew deCoriolis

Our investigation into #birdflu bailouts for giant meat and egg companies made the front page of the @nytimes! Congratulations to @FarmForward and @OurHonorVets. Reporting by @AndrewJacobsNYT

BYD just unveiled an electric car that can charge from 10 to 70 percent in five minutes, and all the way in nine More proof that EVs are going to dominate the future, just a question of how long it takes — and who will build them Via @WIRED wired.com/story/how-byds…

@cdfa_cares Does this mean you're going to do something about the millions of cows in the Central Valley that are going to experience heat stress this summer? Or are taxpayers just going to bail out industrial dairy farmers for lost milk?

#California is experiencing #extreme_heat this week. High temperatures can put people, #pets, and #livestock at serious risk. #cdfa_cares #cdfa #Agriculture #extreme_weather

Great piece on the absolute climate and taxpayer boondoggle that is factory farm manure gas

A Wisconsin biogas facility billed as climate-friendly is emitting nearly 5,000 metric tons of methane a year — equal to 30,000 gas cars. Such digesters are meant to cut emissions, but critics say leaks, pollution and hidden costs raise serious concerns. thenewlede.org/2026/03/manure…

Avian flu hits farms in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, with 15.2 million birds affected by outbreaks in the past 30 days. Read more: ow.ly/QnFe50Ywy34

In a move that should surprise no-one, the Trump admin and @USDA sided with @TysonFoods and @chickencouncil to screw farmers. "Tournament" payment systems benefit corporations—full stop. Pitting farmers against each other and punishing some farmers is deeply unAmerican

In the long term—this is how the market improves. Consumers demand transparency and more humane treatment and companies will have to find ways to meet that demand. Yes, new BS labels may proliferate, which makes these victories more important.

WIN! After deciving shoppers for years Alexandre Farms dropped both the "regenerative" and "humane @RegenerativeOr2 @CertifiedHumane label. I would rather have seen Alexandre improve the conditions for cows, but at the very least, it'll be harder to mislead consumer 1/

Per @AndyMasley's new tool, alfalfa growers in Colorado alone use 16 times as much water each year as all the data centers in the United States.

@KennyTorrella Not great!

What do people *really* think about plant-based milk, cheese, and ice cream? See the results of this new massive blind taste test.

Costco knows these risks. It operates a vertically integrated chicken system, giving it far more control over production than any other retailer. That also means it has the power to fix the problem. Read more farmforward.com/publications/c…

Even more concerning: antibiotic resistance. • 60% of samples were resistant to at least one medically important antibiotic • 42% were multidrug resistant That means infections from contaminated chicken may be harder to treat.

NEW: Our latest investigation into @Costco's Nebraska chicken plant found alarming salmonella risks. The plant has failed USDA salmonella standards 84.5% of the time since 2019. This is the facility that produces about 40% of Costco’s chicken

@VanessaShakib Thanks for covering this Vanessa! We just released a new report about @Costco and their salmonella problem. The situation is worse than we previously thought: farmforward.com/publications/c…

Will you still buy this $4.99 Costco chicken? #costco #chicken #antibioticfree #lawyer #animallawyer

Just an amazing story by Linda Qui. Not only is the @USDA acknowledging labor shortages brought on by Trump immigration policies. It is expanding temporary visas for farm workers AND lowering migrant worker pay, effectively allowing indentured service. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/…

US farms are disappearing at an alarming rate: The number of US farms fell -15,000 YoY in 2025, to 1.87 million, the lowest since the 1850s. This marks the 3rd annual decline and the 6th over the last 7 years. Over this period, the number of farms has dropped -158,200, or -8%. At the same time, total farmland has fallen -24.9 million acres, to 874 million, the lowest since the 1910s. Meanwhile, farm bankruptcy filings surged +36% YoY, to 293 in the first 9 months of 2025. US farms are in a long-term decline.

For four days this site has blown up over the farm bill provision to keep pigs locked up in gestation crates. 50K+ people have posted about it. Yet its sponsors remain silent. @RepAshleyHinson has been posting about the Congressional Art Competition. @CongressmanGT has stopped posting entirely. Why? They know they can't defend this. They claimed it would help small family farms. But small family farmers are posting that they oppose it. They claimed it would help American producers. But the industrial pork industrial is dominated by two foreign-owned corporations: Smithfield and JBS. They claimed only liberals care about animal welfare. But conservatives like @Cernovich and @TomiLahren have been among the strongest voices opposing it. They never even pretended this is what most citizens want. It's lawmaking of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists, for the lobbyists. They were really just hoping you wouldn't notice this buried deep in the farm bill. Now they're hoping you'll forget about it. Prove them wrong.

By any objective measure (climate, economic efficiency, water quality, rural economy) ethanol is a spectacular loser. I cannot believe this industry continues to boondoggle our politics