Farm Action's Sarah Carden will speak on a panel titled: "Farming and Rural Health in the American Midwest – An Opportunity to Cultivate a Better Future"
In July of 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order that directed multiple federal agencies to revive antitrust enforcement and promote competition throughout the U.S. economy. The order dispatched the USDA, the FTC, and the DOJ to address monopoly power in the food and agriculture system. Successful completion of these objectives has the potential […]
Farm Action Co-founder and Vice President Angela Huffman will be speaking on a panel called “Is Competition in Agriculture Suffering a Drought?” Ten years after DOJ and USDA hosted a series of workshops to explore and promote "free and fair competition" in agriculture, the Biden Administration and Congress have expressed concern that a lack of […]
Farm Action's Angela Huffman and Sarah Carden will present, "Town Hall to Farm Bill: Dismantling Big Ag’s Fragile System Propped up by Myths and Hidden Costs." Time and time again, farmers, communities, and advocates have tried to shift government support away from industrial agriculture and toward a more resilient and equitable system, and have failed […]
On December 3, 2021, Farm Action president Joe Maxwell will be a panelist for a Q&A session at a virtual conference hosted by the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP). SRAP Live is an opportunity to hear farmers, activists, and academics discuss environmental justice, the greenwashing of factory farm gas, community success stories, the injustices faced […]
On November 2nd, Farm Action president Joe Maxwell will be the opening presenter for a panel at the Iowa Community Health Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. In his presentation, he will illustrate the state of concentration in the food system and share highlights from our recent report, the Truth about Industrial Agriculture.
Family Farm Action has a vision for a #FairFarmBill, and we're pumped to share it with Congress and the Biden Administration at our virtual fly-in! From November 1 - 3, farmers, ranchers, and rural advocates will head (virtually) to D.C. We'll educate and energize decision-makers in the House, Senate, USDA, and other agencies, providing the […]
Joe Maxwell and Navkiran Natt discuss parallels between the struggles of farmers in the US and India. Joe Maxwell is an American attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Missouri. He is a Democrat who also served in the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate. His organization, Family […]
Family Farm Action Alliance released a comprehensive toolkit for the 117th Congress to tackle the dangerous levels of consolidation in today’s food system. Its policy recommendations are based on conclusions from the pivotal report, "The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts," authored by leading food system experts Dr. Mary Hendrickson, Dr. Phil Howard, Emily Miller, […]
https://youtu.be/812BxgXc6-M?t=766 Family Farm Action Alliance’s Emily Miller has been invited to present a new paper, written in collaboration with Dr. Mary Hendrickson and Dr. Philip Howard, at Yale’s upcoming virtual conference, “Big Ag & Antitrust: Competition Policy for a Sustainable and Humane Food System.” The conference will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2021 and […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIZjjjsSjT4&feature=youtu.be On November 19th from 12:00-1:00 PM EST, Family Farm Action Alliance launched a special report, “The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts,” at a virtual event in partnership with Open Markets Institute. This report outlines the state of concentration in the agrifood system, and what happens when a few hands control the way billions […]
Family Farm Action Alliance President Joe Maxwell is the keynote speaker at the Regenerate 2020 conference hosted by the Quivira Coalition. Tune in to hear Joe talk regenerative agriculture as a climate solution and a space for inclusivity. If you missed it you can watch a recording of the virtual conference here: https://fb.watch/1Q2TL1YdWM/
How have the Trump Administration’s “the big get bigger, the small go out” policies impacted our food and farms during the past four years? Join Joe Maxwell with Family Farm Action Alliance, Scott Faber with the Environmental Working Group, Navina Khanna with HEAL Food Alliance, and Chef Andrew Zimmern for a discussion on the Trump […]
Please join Family Farm Action team member, Cody Atkinson, and others for a day of tips on rural organizing around antitrust, local food, racial equity in agriculture, and many other critical issues. See the playback of this panel discussion here, beginning at the 28 minute mark.
