The rally on Saturday brought farmers from different states, regions and even political parties together for one goal, change.
Farm Action Fund has sent a letter to every member of the Missouri House of Representatives, encouraging them to sign on as a co-sponsor to legislation banning the foreign ownership of farmland in Missouri.
64 separate groups concerned with how food is produced issued a letter demanding that these proposals be stopped. “We feel that this bill puts us under attack,” says Chelsea Davis, the communications director for Farm Action Fund, a group dedicated to fighting for the rights of small farmers and rural communities. “It wipes out the state’s ability to control what’s best for the state.”