WATCH THE RECORDING The highly concentrated poultry sector is dominated by large corporations that control poultry farmers through contracts that give them abusive levels of power over farmers’ income and operations. This model is called “contract growing,” and it is how almost all poultry is produced in the U.S. As the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
16 farm organizations announced the launch of the national Enough Is Enough Tour in protest of government policies that drive consolidation of the food system into the hands of the largest multinational corporations to the detriment of farmers and ranchers. With Congress preparing to debate the farm bill during prime planting and calving season, restricting […]
For three of the last five years, the United States ran an agricultural trade deficit. Now, economists at the USDA are forecasting another deficit for 2024 of over $30 billion — the worst ever on record. The U.S. agricultural trade deficit leaves our food system vulnerable as we have become increasingly reliant on imports from […]
