lus: One Tyson decision means nationwide fallout. View this newsletter in your browser. COMMON GROUND: A NEW FILM LIFTING UP FARMERS HEALING OUR SOIL Farm Action is proud to serve as an educational partner for Common Ground Redux, a new 45-minute, farmer-centered version of the award-winning documentary Common Ground. This special edition was created to…
Mike Callicrate on Monopoly Power, Maker-Owned Markets, and the Fight for Rural America
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release December 3, 2025 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this week’s update on Facebook here, on X here, or view the web version here. Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses the…
Tyson’s Plant Closure Shows the Cost of Consolidation for Rural America Corporate decisions made far from rural America can reshape the lives of the people who feed our nation. Angela Huffman Dec 01, 2025 I grew up in rural Ohio where the closing of a plant, a school, or even a diner could shift the…
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A Review of Paul Kingsnorth’s Against the Machine Peter Allen Nov 20 Back in October I was fortunate to be able to travel to North-central Kentucky to attend a lecture by Paul Kingsnorth about his new book, Against the Machine. The lecture was sponsored by the Wendell Berry Center – a nonprofit run by members…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2025 CONTACT: Finn Storer press UFCW Statement on Closure of Lexington, NE Tyson Foods Beef Plant LEXINGTON, NEB. – Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, including thousands of meatpacking workers, released a statement in response to the…
Tyson to Close One of the Biggest Beef-Processing Plants in the U.S. Story by Patrick Thomas Tyson’s Lexington, Neb., plant employs roughly 3,000 people. © Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg News Tyson Foods, America’s largest meat supplier, is planning to close one of its largest beef-processing plants in Nebraska at a time when a cattle shortage in the…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release November 19, 2025 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this week’s update on Facebook here, on X here, or view the web version here. Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that explains what…
Plus: Tell Congress to restore honest meat labeling. View this newsletter in your browser. FARM ACTION FOCUS: TRUMP’S MEATPACKER INVESTIGATION AND WHAT COMES NEXT On November 7, President Trump announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into possible price manipulation in the beef industry. The Big Four meatpackers—Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef—control most…