Exposed: Billionaire Egg Baron Pays Contract Farmers Just 26 Cents Per Dozen
The largest egg corporations are raking in profits as prices soar, but how are contract farmers getting along? As it turns out, not well.
The largest egg corporations are raking in profits as prices soar, but how are contract farmers getting along? As it turns out, not well.
There is a solution, and it’s now in the hands of President Donald Trump—who campaigned on lowering prices—to do something about it.
Farm Action dove into how RFK Jr. could advance an agenda that strips undue corporate influence and achieves a healthier food system if he is confirmed.
As we gear up to continue our fight for a fairer food system in 2025, we’re reflecting on the successes we achieved this year thanks to our supporters and allies.
Farm Action followed up with two meatpackers who received USDA grants to see how they are faring now and what support would ensure their longevity.
Here is our initial take on what the 2024 election could mean for the movement toward fair competition in food and agriculture.
A conversation with Sonja Trom Eayrs on her upcoming book Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America, which details her family’s decades-long fight against industrial agriculture in their rural Minnesota community.
There has been widespread pushback against these proposed tariffs, with leading economists agreeing that Trump’s plan to impose hefty tariffs on imported goods would likely send prices surging.
The farm policy debate served as an early window into how both presidential candidates would approach agricultural policy in their administrations.
Kamala Harris’s agenda includes policies like blocking unfair mergers and a first-ever federal ban on price gouging.