New Report Reveals Factory Farms Waste Enough Food to Feed 2 Billion People

Factory farms aren’t just cruel — they’re the world’s biggest food-wasters. According to a new report from Compassion in World Farming, industrial animal agriculture squanders more edible grain than any other form of food waste — fueling deforestation, hunger, and a climate crisis we can’t afford to ignore. The report found that factory farms waste 766 million tons of grain each year by feeding it to animals, which exceeds the quantity of food discarded by households, restaurants, or supermarkets. However, this figure isn’t even a measure of all the grain fed to animals, but rather reflects the inefficiency of converting plant