Will Potter is a thought leader and award-winning investigative journalist who focuses on social justice and environmental movements, and attacks on civil liberties post-9/11. He was the first investigative journalist to be named a TED Senior Fellow and has been invited to address governmental bodies about his reporting, including the U.S. Congress, Australian Parliament, and Council of Europe. Will's first book, Green Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, exposed the criminalization of nonviolent protest groups by the FBI, and was awarded a Kirkus Star for "remarkable merit."

"The financial forces behind factory farming have grown powerful enough to silence industry whistleblowers, investigative journalists, and even federal inspectors, according to this troubling account. . . . a fascinating, swirling meditation on law enforcement, rising authoritarianism, misinformation, climate change, and the global spread of ag-gag laws."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *

"Little Red Barns blends investigative journalism with memoir to unveil the cruelty and corruption of American factory farms. . . . a sharp eye-opening exposé of industrial agriculture and the forces of oppression converging to obfuscate the truth."--Hannah Pearson, Foreword Reviews

"Will Potter's eye-opening investigation . . . shines a much-needed spotlight on those who have risked their lives to show the public the truth, often in the face of unconstitutional censorship. It is also a powerful testament to the importance of freedom of the press in holding the powerful to account."--Trevor Timm, Executive Director, Freedom of the Press Foundation

"As he brings to the public consciousness hidden but normalized crimes, Potter shows vulnerability in also examining himself, taking us on his personal journey alongside an unlikely cast of frontline heroes fighting for animal rights against climate change."--Anjan Sundaram, author of Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

"A decent rule of thumb is, if they badly don't want you to see something, it's because it's very bad indeed. Many thanks to Will Potter and all his accomplices for showing us what they--and sometimes we--don't want us to know about our dinner."--Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

"Though the family farm has vanished from the land, devoured by agribusiness, it continues to lead a spectral existence . . . Will Potter gives us a comprehensive account of how this epochal development took place."--J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Laureate, 2003

"Will Potter is a fearless advocate of your right to know where your food comes from. In Little Red Barns, he tells the truth about the vast ongoing atrocity that provides Americans with their meat, eggs and dairy products. If you consume them, you need to read this book."--Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation Now

"Will Potter tells stories and shares information in a way that will keep you reading. He focuses on the impacts of factory farming on animals, workers and the environment, and explores the global spread of legislation to silence animal welfare activism. His voice is thoughtful, the book is well researched, and it invites the reader into an important conversation."--Cynthia Kaufman, author of The Sea is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook

"In Little Red Barns, Will Potter ventures into territory that goes well beyond previous indictments of industrial animal farming. He tells a gripping personal story of how he immersed himself (sometimes literally) for years in the gut-wrenching realities of factory farming in America. . . . Potter deftly works these many grim realities into a suspenseful page-turner."--Stan Cox, author of The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic

"As Potter chronicles, baby cows have metal spikes inserted in their nostrils 'so that it is too painful for mothers to nurse them, ' while chickens lay their eggs in tiny cages surrounded by chicken corpses and 'covered in the feces of birds stacked above them.' That this is not everyday news has a devious reason: Big Ag, working through a lobbying group called ALEC, has pushed through laws across the country to declare whistleblowing a species of terrorism, with 'ag-gag laws' threatening journalists with lawsuits and even imprisonment for detailing the truth about how animal agriculture is conducted."--Kirkus Reviews