For Immediate Release October 29, 2020 Contact: Lyndsay Bruno406-452-6406; cell: 406-788-8777 lbruno@montanafarmersunion.com Editors Note:  For more information see the following letter of intent signed by Montana Farmers Union, Farmers Union Enterprise, and Montana State University Northern. Great Falls, MT-Montana Farmers Union is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a $150,000 Montana Meat Processing…

Tyson Foods workers to replace some federal inspectors at U.S. beef plant By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Tyson Foods TSN.N said on Tuesday it plans in January to have company employees take on duties from more than a dozen federal inspectors at a large Kansas beef plant, after getting a U.S. government waiver. FILE…

How does one of the world’s biggest pork firms go bust during a boom? A giant US player is quitting despite huge export hikes during the pandemic – the reasons why get to the heart of the industry Animals farmed is supported by In the first five months of 2020, pork exports to China were…

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The Pandemic Has the Potential to Finally Transform Meat Processing in the U.S. Some states are addressing the bottleneck in the industry by allowing state inspectors to approve direct-to-consumer and interstate sales. And new federal legislation could make those efforts possible nationwide. By Monica Nickelsburg Posted on: October 19, 2020 | Leave a Comment This…

As COVID unfolds into hunger crisis, prize recognizes transformative solutions Twelfth Annual Food Sovereignty Prize honors the Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine and the All Nepal Peasants’ Federation LOUISVILLE, KY, October 16, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic adds 83–132 million people to the world’s hungry this year, the Food Sovereignty Prize highlights grassroots…

“Food Sovereignty is the flame that will show us the way”, insists La Via Campesina as it marks #16October in a pandemic year PRESS STATEMENT: 16 October 2020, International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and against Transnational Corporations Harare: Thirty-five million confirmed cases—over a million dead people. All in just eight months. COVID…

1: That the Government acquire through the Railroad Administration all rolling stock used for the transportation of meat animals and that such ownership be declared a government monopoly. 2: That the Government acquire through the Railroad Administration the principal and necessary stockyards of the country, to be treated as freight depots and to be operated…

Parent of Brazil’s JBS pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges By Jody Godoy, Sabrina Valle NEW YORK/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s J&F Investimentos, parent company of the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS SA JBSS3.SA, pleaded guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges and agreed to pay $128.25 million in criminal fines, prosecutors said on Wednesday….

Farmers and Meatpackers Are Teaming Up During the pandemic and recession, farmers are realizing they have more in common with immigrant meatpackers than agribusiness CEOs. by Sarah Anderson The Wisconsin initiative is not the first time farmers have joined with meatpacking workers to demand stronger COVID-19 protections. (Photo: TumblingRun/flickr/cc) For family farmers like Hans Breitenmoser,…