Farm Action

Why We Fight

For us, the fight for a fair food system is personal.

Watch this short film to learn more about our farmer-led organization.

Why We Fight

For us, the fight for a fair food system is personal.

Watch this short film to learn more about our farmer-led organization.

Farmers are forced to fund government checkoff programs that funnel money to corporate lobbyists. Join us in fighting back.

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Farm Action has been recognized by The Hill as an "influential force" in the movement to create more competition in our food and farm system.

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In our fight for a Fair Farm Bill, we are taking on powerful corporate agriculture interests — and we need your help!

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Mega corporations are making record profits with price-gouging schemes that hurt farmers and eaters. Join us to fight this corporate greed.

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Join our movement calling for the U.S. government to shift its support toward Food, Not Feed.

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Farm Action leads the fight against monopolistic corporate control over our food and farming system. We are joined in our movement by farmers, ranchers, rural communities, workers, policymakers, advocates, and anyone who eats.

Farm Action in the News

The Hill | “Got Milk” Has Got to Go, Left and Right Agree

Contracting with farmer-funded checkoffs gives lobbyists outsized influence, even though they “speak for a small minority of American farmers,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.

POLITICO | Competition Corner: Making the Grade?

Farm Action and Open Markets Institute have released their latest report card assessing the Biden administration’s work to boost competition in agriculture.

The Wall Street Journal | Farmers Worry $8.2 Billion Agriculture Deal Will Diminish Competition

Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell said the deal would give Bunge control over ports and grain terminals, and could create bottlenecks in the agricultural supply chain.

Fair Farm Bill Campaign

With the right policies in place, the 2023 Farm Bill could transform our food system into one that pays farmers and workers a fair price for delivering nutritious, affordable food. In our fight for a #FairFarmBill, we are taking on powerful corporate agriculture interests — and we need your help!

News to Chew on Blog

Farm Action’s take on breaking news and developing issues.

Meet the Beef Checkoff’s Million Dollar Man

His misleading return-on-investment studies prop up the legitimacy of the beef checkoff program and protect NCBA’s largest source of funding.

From GM Corn to Gestation Crate Pork, Big Government is Big Ag’s Best Sales Rep

Our government is supposed to represent its citizens and look out for our best interests. Instead, it bows to the monied interests of big business lobbyists.

Surprising No One, NCBA Awards Itself the Biggest Checkoff Contract — Again

NCBA has rigged the checkoff contracting system to pour ranchers’ dollars into its own pockets.

The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts

Our special report provides the latest updated data on the state of concentration in the food system, and illustrates what happens when just a few hands control how billions of consumers, farmers, and farmworkers work and eat.

Root of the Issue Blog

Explore what’s under the surface of our food and farm system.

Checkoff Corruption: It’s What’s for Dinner

The checkoff has evolved into a behind-the-scenes machine that extracts money from farmers and funnels it to corporate lobbyists — who work tirelessly to consolidate power over our food system.

The Story of Seeds: Our Collective Legacy, Our Stolen Birthright

This is the story of how private companies seized and consolidated control over the seed industry — and how consolidation traps farmers, strangles innovation, damages biodiversity, and threatens our food security.

Bill Gates: Naïve Farmland Investor or Power-Hungry Megalomaniac?

The speed, size, and secrecy of “Farmer Bill’s” land purchases set off alarm bells. Why does a tech-obsessed billionaire need 240,000 acres of farmland?

The Feed-Meat Complex

In this must-read piece, we reveal how Big Meat corporations pocket billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded farm subsidies.

The Truth About Industrial Agriculture

Our report exposes the devious ways monopoly corporations maintain control over our food system.
The truth is, industrial agriculture is an economically flawed system that only survives by spending billions of dollars on myth-based marketing campaigns and passing the true costs of production on to taxpayers, farmers, workers, and everyone who eats.

Big Ag Mythbusters

Published alongside our groundbreaking “Truth About Industrial Agriculture” report, this mythbuster blog series debunks the tall tales that multinational food corporations use to defend their business model and defeat any meaningful reforms.