The Washington Post | The Great Egg Heist
Farm Action is at the center of the Washington Post story, diving into how we first cracked open this probable case of corporate egg price gouging.
Farm Action is at the center of the Washington Post story, diving into how we first cracked open this probable case of corporate egg price gouging.
JBS could use its new access to American markets to gain more of the global meat market, hurting small farmers, said Joe Maxwell of Farm Action.
Farm Action’s Angela Huffman writes that the American diet, shaped by a highly consolidated food system dominated by a handful of corporations, is fueling a chronic-disease crisis.
The Department of Justice launched an investigation into egg prices following Farm Action’s letter to federal agencies.
The Department of Justice launched an investigation into egg prices following Farm Action’s letter to federal agencies.
Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell says that while farmers have been paying billions into commodity checkoff programs, we have lost hundreds of thousands of farmers.
Farm Action says dominant egg producers have leveraged the bird flu supply disruption to raise prices, amass record profits, and consolidate market power.
“Dominant egg corporations are blaming avian flu for the price hikes that we’re seeing. But while the egg supply has fallen only slightly, these companies’ profits have soared,” said Angela Huffman, Farm Action’s president.
Farm Action has called for a deeper investigation into whether industry concentration and practices are behind this price spike.
The group contends that the losses from culling egg-laying chickens has been “relatively modest” in relation to the size of the U.S. egg-laying flock, while producers’ profit margins have soared.