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 […]