Even if control over Congress shifts, there is still opportunity to achieve reforms to agriculture policy that will create more opportunity for independent farmers and ranchers, build up local food systems, and enhance competition.
Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) for beef will make our food system more competitive. It’s time to stop meatpackers’ deception, says Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
Shifting attitudes toward antitrust law created today’s consolidation. Farm Action Fund’s poll found rural U.S. will support candidates who liberate them from Big Ag.
Without Congressional action, Farm Action Fund president Joe Maxwell states that giant global corporate interests will cut young farmers out of the market as older farmers retire.
Farm Action Fund advocates for the right to repair agricultural machinery and is looking forward to seeing how President Biden’s Executive Order will deal with the issue.
Ahead of an upcoming executive order that will diminish corporate power, Farm Action Fund President Joe Maxwell tells Christian Science Monitor that Big Ag is a “threat to our democracy and our way of life.”
