Today a national collaborative of rural policy and advocacy organizations released the “2021 Rural Policy Action Report,” which outlines specific investments, policy improvements, and regulatory reforms designed to improve the economy, infrastructure, and equity for diverse rural communities.
Farm Action Fund has come out in opposition to the Growing Climate Solutions Act because it will create more opportunity for agribusiness corporations to consolidate their wealth and political power and offer little incentive for climate-friendly practices.
Today, 33 food and farm groups sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in support of Lina Kahn’s confirmation as FTC commissioner. The supporting organizations agree that “Khan distinctly realizes addressing concentrated power in agriculture and labor is dire to protect all farmers, ranchers, and workers, especially those who are socially disadvantaged, limited-resource, or smaller-scale.”
The letter applauds the provisions in the American Rescue Plan that address racial inequality in the food system and includes Farm Action Fund’s additional policy recommendations to the new Congress that further tackle discrimination in today’s food system.
Kansas rancher and Farm Action Fund member, Mike Callicrate, sent letters to the Kansas Attorney General, House Speaker, and Senate President calling for an investigation of monopoly meatpacker abuses in Kansas.
Farm Action Fund leaders travelled to Missouri’s state capitol to offer support to Republican state representative David Gregory in his call to investigate meatpacker abuses. Rep. Gregory has been making the case that meatpackers in Missouri are coordinating widespread beef price-fixing and collusion. The results of meatpackers’ schemes are rising prices for consumers and low compensation for those selling cattle.
A diverse set of environmental, family farm, farm policy and rural community organizations sent a letter to the White House today urging the Biden administration to issue an executive order that would enact a moratorium on mergers and acquisitions in the food and agricultural industries.
A diverse set of environmental, family farm, farm policy and rural community organizations sent a letter to the White House today urging the Biden administration to issue an executive order that would enact a moratorium on mergers and acquisitions in the food and agricultural industries.
Today, Farm Action Fund responded to president elect Biden’s selection of Tom Vilsack for USDA secretary. Farm Action Fund questions Vilsack’s ability to lead the USDA into the future, concerned over Vilsack’s overt ties to corporate agribusiness and his track record of catering to corporate interests during his time in this position under the Obama administration.
Amid the speculation around who will be the next USDA Secretary of Agriculture, a broad coalition of farm, environment, food safety, social justice, public health and animal welfare organizations reaffirmed their endorsement of Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11).
Today, a coalition of more than 160 environmental, food justice, sustainable agriculture, workers’ rights, animal welfare, social justice, public health, and anti-hunger organizations sent a letter today to President-Elect Biden,
Washington, D.C. — Today, Farm Action Fund released to the Biden-Harris Administration a transition paper titled “Build Back Better: Our Call to Action and Roadmap for Rural America.” This paper