Joe Maxwell, President of Farm Action, has witnessed the shift from a functional capitalism to one that favors large monopolies at the expense of farmers, consumers, and the earth itself. He lays out the problems—and some ways forward—as we look to a new presidential administration.
A coalition of sustainable farming groups is calling on FTC to regulate use of the term, which it calls deceptive to customers and harmful to “truly independent farmers.”
President-elect Joe Biden plucked Tom Vilsack to serve as agricultural secretary, a former Iowa governor who filled the role under President Obama. But some farmers are sure to be outraged by the decision…
New populations of Americans have been made hungry by the pandemic. A recent report argues that food wasted by corporate monopolies could’ve fed them.
Thanksgiving week kicked off with complaints about how turkeys processed by some U.S. poultry producers are handled.
Consequences of increased agribusiness concentration became very evident with the COVID-19 crisis, and a new Farm Action report reveals shortfalls in the current system.
The agriculture industry, which has weathered economic blows over recent years from the coronavirus pandemic and trade wars, needs “a new vision,” said Joe Maxwell, a lifelong farmer and president of Farm Action Fund.
Farm Action and other groups see the new Federal Trade Commission proposed rule for product labels using “Made in the USA” as an opening to bring back the intent of Country of Origin Labeling.
Farm Action takes on Big Meat on the latest Now This podcast. Whether it’s beef, chicken, or pork, most of the meat produced in the U.S. is the result of an industrial food system controlled by a handful of powerful multinational meatpacking corporations.
About a year before Sen. Cory Booker officially ran for president, he took a trip through the Midwest, meeting voters in the states he knew he’d need to win.
