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.
Farm Action’s policy recommendations are reflected in the report from the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, which will advance the goals of the upcoming White House Conference.
The contract poultry growing system is a bad deal for farmers, consumers, and the communities that surround large industrial operations.