Protecting the future of our food and water

What did you eat today? Did you drink a glass of water? Do you know where your food and water came from and how it got to your table?  

For many of us, the origins of our food and water are a mystery. Understanding how food is grown and the impact of chemical industrial farming on our drinking water is challenging.  

We’re reimagining the way our food goes from farm to table, because the way we produce food influences our health, quality of life and our environment.  

EWG pushes for common-sense farming practices that protect our drinking water and produce healthier food.  

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Climate & Agriculture

The science is clear: If we don’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming, we can’t avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
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Conservation

USDA's conservation programs are the single largest investment of federal taxpayer's dollars to encourage farmers to adopt practices that improve natural resources and the environment. 
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Meat and Dairy Alternatives

Meat and dairy alternatives can reduce greenhouse gases and improve public health.

Factory Farms

Large-scale agriculture isn’t just a nuisance, but a health threat to the people living nearby — disproportionately people of color and low-income communities. 

Farm Pollution

Conventional agriculture can pollute rivers, lakes and tap water with unsafe levels of toxic chemicals. EWG offers science-based information to learn more.

Food & Farm Workers

America’s food system relies on food and farm workers, who often have little to no protection against diseases like COVID-19. EWG wants to fix the system.
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Farm Subsidies

Farm subsidies overwhelmingly flow to the largest, most successful farms producing a handful of crops. EWG uses data to expose failures in our farm safety net and support reforms that level the playing field for family farmers.

Toxic Algae

Lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams are critical sources of drinking water. But they’re threatened by toxic algae blooms, fueled by polluted runoff from farms and made worse by climate change.
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CAFOs and Food-Borne Illness: One Family's Tragedy

Animal waste from CAFOs can contaminate both drinking and irrigation water, leading to foodborne illness outbreaks like E. coli. This video shares the heartbreaking story of a child who died from E. coli after consuming contaminated leafy greens grown near a CAFO.

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What are toxic algae blooms?

Toxic algae blooms occur when bacteria-laden fertilizer and manure from farms run off into waterways, triggering the growth of a thick, blue-green goop on the water’s surface. Not all blooms are toxic, but those that are produce toxins called microcystins, and other poisons.

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