Press Releases

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

Storm Lake, IA – Farm Action Fund brought farmers from across the country together Saturday in Storm Lake Iowa to call on policymakers in Washington DC and State Houses across

Storm Lake, IA—Today, farmers and ranchers from across the country gathered in the Storm Lake High School Gymnasium to call on politicians in Washington, D.C. and statehouses across the country