Cracking Down on Egg Industry’s Excuses: It’s Price Gouging
Egg companies’ profits are skyrocketing as they blame avian flu and inflation for their price hikes. Let’s call this what it is: price gouging.
Egg companies’ profits are skyrocketing as they blame avian flu and inflation for their price hikes. Let’s call this what it is: price gouging.
We’re thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead to reform our food and farm system to work better for farmers, consumers, and food system workers.
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.
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.
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.
Mountaire is urging their contract farmers to oppose a transparency rule that would make it easier for farmers to protect themselves from unfair practices.