Stop Big Ag Greenwashing – Protect Climate And Nature
From wildfires to floods, from deadly storms to heatwaves, extreme weather is hitting us harder than ever, and it’s no accident. While everyday people bear the cost, millionaires running Big Ag are cashing in, expanding cruel factory farms and driving up emissions that fuel the climate crisis. Their greed is burning away our future.
But there’s hope. By committing to a time-bound, just transition from industrial meat and dairy towards agroecology , shifting towards more plant-based diets, and eliminating food waste, we can dramatically slow global heating. Methane is the most dangerous climate gas after CO₂ — with more than 80 times the warming power over a 20-year period. Big Ag and livestock are responsible for the largest share of these emissions.
Right now, Big Ag corporations are blocking real solutions. They’re expanding factory farms, driving up emissions, and using greenwashing to hide their true impact. These companies routinely downplay how much climate pollution they cause — and so far, global climate negotiations like the COPs have let them off the hook.
World leaders have a chance to turn down the heat. They can stop the reckless growth of industrial meat and dairy and set binding rules to cut emissions from these polluting corporations. They must also support the global shift toward healthier, more plant-based production and diets — for the climate, for nature and for our health.
Together, we can break Big Ag’s grip on our climate and our future — and build a just food system that supports farmers, respects animals, and delivers healthy food for all.
If you want to know more:
• Poop, burps and farts: methane, the invisible gas that cooks our climate
• Ecological Farming in 7 Principles
The Problem
Big Ag corporations are driving climate breakdown. Livestock is the single largest source of methane from human activity — a supercharged greenhouse gas responsible for roughly one-third of today’s global heating.
To protect their profits, these companies are accelerating emissions while misleading the public. Dairy giants promote themselves as climate-friendly, while aggressively expanding industrial dairy systems that fuel emissions and block real progress.
They greenwash their impact, delay real solutions, and push false promises that prop up a broken system.
This has to end.
The Solution
But there is hope. If governments act now to limit industrial meat and dairy production, we can slow down global heating within our lifetimes. Cutting methane today means preventing the worst climate catastrophes tomorrow.
Methane is 80 times more powerful than CO₂ in the short term — but it also clears from the atmosphere much faster. That makes action on methane one of the most effective ways to cool the planet quickly.
World leaders must set binding rules to cut emissions from Big Ag corporations. It’s time to hold them accountable and build a food system that’s better for people, animals, and the planet.