Over thirty years ago, Dr. William Heffernan was traveling the country warning cattle producers of the dangers in contract poultry growing, how it enslaved growers with debt and relegated them to a life of servitude under the boot of corporate integrators. For the most part, except for organizations like R-CALF and the Organization for Competitive…
To end the age of Trump, Democrats must relearn the language and levers of power. by Barry C. Lynn June 1, 2025 American emperors: The tech oligarchs who lined up behind Trump represent the direct merger of private monopoly and the state. Credit: Associated Press When I was a boy in Miami, we didn’t eat…
lus: Our ballooning ag trade deficit View this newsletter in your browser. READ OUR FARMER-LED SOLUTIONS TO ADVANCE A HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEM Right now, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have a chance to come together to improve public health by transforming our food and agriculture system. The White House’s Make America Healthy Again…
4 Companies control 85% of meat slaughter/processing in the US. Brazil’s JBS (the company that cleared the Amazon to grow cows) is probably the most corrupt, and is about to be listed on the NYSE Unless the regulators decide their corruption precludes this. Can you help? June 5, 2025 By Meryl Nass 99% of beef…
Recent Graduates Were Told They Were Coming to the U.S. for Cultural Exchange. They Ended Up Trapped in a Factory Farm. A lawsuit alleges that three Guatemalan citizens, who came to the U.S. on J-1 visas, worked dangerous jobs under false pretenses. Credit: complaint via FarmSTAND Mon May 19th, 2025 Words by Nina B. Elkadi…
NEW: Farmers are key to achieving a healthy food system, as the MAHA Commission’s recent report laid out. As a farmer-led group, we have the roadmap to get us there. We have a chance right now to transform our food and agriculture system to improve public health. https://farmaction.us/a-healthy-food-system-begins-with…/
Op-Ed by Gilles Stockton, Montana Cattlemen’s Association Director “The reason 10% of the people need food assistance is because global corporationsunderpay for our wheat and calves, leaving our rural communities in chronic poverty. None of this is fixed by denying children food.“ It is our responsibility as farmers and ranchers to protect and conserve the…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer By: R-CALF USA Marketing Director Jaiden Moreland Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and X here, or view the web version here. R-CALF USA Requests Federal Investigation…
Let’s hope this verdict holds. Bayer, is one of the largest biomedical and pharmaceutical companies in the world and they won’t give up in the courts until they have taken their appeals as far as they can. Likely, some of the plaintiffs will be dead before the final settlement/verdict is ever made. When they go…
Farm groups quaking in their mud boots All eyes on MAHA report due out Thursday carey gillam May 21, 2025 The chickens – as my dear late grandmother might say – appear to be coming home to roost. Not literal chickens, of course, but rather the type who have spent decades working to avoid exactly…