Farm Action called on the DOJ to investigate the fertilizer sector as recent record-breaking prices suspiciously coincide with an increase in income farmers are earning from commodity crops like soybeans and corn.
Over the first three days of November, Farm Action Fund led a coalition of farmers, ranchers, and rural advocates to meet virtually with more than 20 Congressional and Administrative offices, sharing their vision for a fair farm bill.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says corporate monopolies have been extracting wealth all along the supply chain. But farmers are getting sick of the scare tactics and bad contracts, and are joining a grassroots movement to tackle food system concentration.
Cautiously optimistic about Secretary Vilsack’s performance, Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell praised the commitments to equity and competition he has made so far.
Lawsuits tackle misleading food labels, which Farm Action co-founder Angela Huffman says trick consumers into supporting monopoly corporations instead of family farmers.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says continued consolidation in poultry is about control — which antitrust enforcers currently have an opportunity to challenge.
Shifting attitudes toward antitrust law created today’s consolidation. Farm Action Fund’s poll found rural U.S. will support candidates who liberate them from Big Ag.
Monopoly corporations keep workers and farmers on a treadmill, underpaying them despite true labor and environmental costs, says Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
Amid a growing bipartisan movement against corporate monopolies, a report from Farm Action exposes the impact of industrial agriculture on farmers, rural communities, and consumers.
Farm Action’s “The Truth About Industrial Agriculture” report documents how agribusiness corporations “intentionally evade costs all along their supply chains.”
