Farm Action submitted a public comment commending the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposal.
Farm Action submitted a public comment urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise its proposed rule by eliminating the predatory poultry tournament system.
This data is the first piece of Farm Action’s new Food and Agriculture Consolidation Data Hub, which will include an in-depth research report to be published in September.
“We welcome USDA’s steps toward upholding farmers’ rights to hold abusive corporate meatpackers accountable,” said Farm Action’s Sarah Carden.
USDA’s proposed rule helps free poultry growers from poultry companies’ abusive measures of control, Farm Action said.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell will draw from the organization’s research to call for the U.S. government to crack down on corporate price gouging.
“We have a key window of opportunity this month to push for legislation to enact meaningful food system reform,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
“FTC’s final rule removes a key mechanism of exploitation and corporate control over U.S. workers,” said Angela Huffman, President of Farm Action.
“The Enough Is Enough Tour is a unified platform for farmers and ranchers to voice the disastrous impacts of the current system on their lives and livelihoods, and to demand reforms that bring prosperity and fair competition to agriculture,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
“It’s time to join the movement and demand that our government allows farmers the opportunity to prosper with a level playing field instead of picking winners and losers in the marketplace,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
