Farm Action’s Vision for the New Year and Beyond
We’re thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead to reform our food and farm system to work better for farmers, consumers, and food system workers.
We’re thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead to reform our food and farm system to work better for farmers, consumers, and food system workers.
Everyday people were the winners of this year’s battles against monopoly power in the food system. Check out this play-by-play of our work and wins in 2022!
The USDA failed our farmers by forgoing an opportunity to help them transition to non-GM corn production with a strong market in sight. Instead, the USDA propped up agrochemical and seed corporations.
Meatpackers pay a pittance in settlements compared to the record profits they make off these pricing schemes. There must be serious consequences for corporations that get rich by cheating consumers.
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.
Corporations use misleading labels to sell generic products, deceiving customers into paying a premium for products that don’t actually align with their values.
Commodity groups and agrochemical companies deceive farmers into acting against their own best interest by centering the public conversation around yields instead of profits.
The United States is growing less and less of its own food and is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign countries to feed itself as a result.
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?
We’re wary of Walmart’s investment in Sustainable Beef, an independent beef processor. Walmart’s goal is to gain more profit and power at the expense of everyone else.