
USDA Throwing Conservation Money Into the Manure Pit
USDA should reconsider its decision to use IRA dollars to subsidize phony conservation practices by the largest, corporate-controlled industrial operations.

USDA should reconsider its decision to use IRA dollars to subsidize phony conservation practices by the largest, corporate-controlled industrial operations.

JBS plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange so it can secure the capital to complete its takeover of the world’s meat industry.

Without proper safeguards, USDA’s investments to boost food system competition will inevitably end up in the hands of the dominant corporations they are trying to challenge.

We’ve zeroed in on these exciting opportunities in 2024 to meaningfully reform our food and farm system.

Together with our supporters and allies, we made massive strides towards creating a fairer food system in 2023. We’re pleased to share our journey to achieve this year’s wins.

Here are the biggest stories of the year in our movement to take down monopoly power in the food system.

USDA should be using its federal food procurement dollars to jump-start the local food systems that were decimated by decades of industry consolidation.

This month’s announcements from the USDA that it will support farmers producing specialty crops show the department is succumbing to our collective pressure.

Major corporations and the largest farms are gearing up to take advantage of our farm safety net programs in the next farm bill.

The government is forcing dairy farmers to fund Domino’s new marketing campaign with their checkoff dollars. But the farmers forced to fund the campaign aren’t the ones who benefit from it.