Chloë Waterman

Chloë Waterman currently serves as the senior program manager for Friends of the Earth’s Climate-Friendly Food Program where she leads Friends of the Earth’s policy and markets campaigns to advance a healthy and climate-friendly food system. She works to achieve a just transition away from factory farmed animal production toward regenerative plant-based food production and a sustainable amount of higher-welfare, pasture-based animal agriculture. On Capitol Hill, in statehouses, and across city governments, she has pioneered climate-friendly food procurement policies, initiatives to expand plant-based school meal offerings, and other policies to build a just and sustainable food system. Chloë previously served as the senior manager of state legislative strategy for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) where she successfully lobbied for a wide range of animal protection legislation and was instrumental in defeating pro-factory farming measures. Chloë holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Philosophy from Lewis & Clark College and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Maryland. Her work has been featured in Bloomberg, Reuters, the Washington Post, Vox, Politico, HuffPost, Civil Eats, Food Tank, the Baltimore Sun, The News & Observer, The Times Union, Next City, Maryland Matters, and on C-SPAN. She currently resides in Prince George’s County, MD where she serves as a co-chair for the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council. She lives with her dog, Jackal, and a rotating cast of foster animals, and she can often be found gardening on her roof.

Bloomberg: U.S. Spending Bill Set to Limit Regulation of Livestock Emissions
Politico: The Red Meat Issue Biden Won’t Touch
Reuters: ‘Time Has Come’ for U.S. Farms to Cut Methane Emissions – Agriculture Secretary
Vox: Meat Has a Big Carbon Footprint. The Inflation Reduction Act Ignores it.