About Us
Problem
U.S. food and agriculture policies currently empower a handful of global corporations to control our food and farming system—at the expense of farmers, workers, and everyone who eats.
Mission
Farm Action Fund is a nonpartisan farm organization building the political muscle to stop corporate monopolies, hold government accountable, and build fair competition in rural America.
Vision
We envision a fair, sustainable, and healthy food system that empowers farmers, workers, and rural communities to feed America.
Values
We believe government should serve the public—not corporate interests. We’re not afraid to challenge the outsized power of agribusiness, and we work with honesty, collaboration, and the determination to win a food system that works for everyone.
Our Approach
Farm Action Fund team members have a proven track record of success and are tested leaders in the food and farm community. Here’s how we deliver big wins for America’s farmers, workers, and rural communities:
- Education: Our success is built on a solid foundation of research, and is driven by our ability to develop complex issues into accessible blogs, videos, graphics, and other educational tools for policymakers, the press, and the general public. In the past year, our work has been featured in more than 3,000 news stories, including every major media outlet.
- Collaboration: Farm Action Fund brings together a broad, diverse group of unlikely allies to build the capacity to challenge the world’s largest corporations. We lead or participate in numerous coalitions to facilitate this collaboration.
- Leadership: Our Local Leaders program trains and empowers individuals to take strategic action. Local Leaders are a reliable resource for reporters, researchers, policymakers, and their own communities.
- Policy Reform: Farm Action Fund has earned the respect of key members of Congress and federal agencies. Our policy recommendations have been developed into 20 different pieces of Congressional legislation, and our advocacy has resulted in multiple federal antitrust and regulatory actions.
Our Origin Story
Building the Political Muscle to Stop Abusive Corporate Monopoly Power
From unfair markets to worker abuses, inhumane animal conditions, and environmental harm, we recognized a common thread in our food system: monopolistic corporate control of government policy, hurting every one of us.
By uniting unlikely allies, we’ve built a movement that exposes abusive corporate power as the common adversary to a resilient, just food and agriculture system—keeping the interconnectedness of land, animals, workers, farmers, ranchers, and communities at the center.
Farm Action Fund takes the fight to our capitols and the ballot box, advancing policies that dismantle industrial agriculture and return power to people all along the food supply chain. Based in Missouri, we are a political nonprofit 501(c)(4), working alongside Farm Action, our charitable 501(c)(3) research and education affiliate.
Together, our two organizations drive a seamless chain of action—from research and policy development to legislative change that builds a fair, sustainable, and healthy food system.
