Month: March 2024

Tyson to close Perry pork plant in June

Tyson to close Perry pork plant in June By: Jared Strong – March 11, 2024 5:52 pm Tyson Perry Facility on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The largest employer in Perry — a Tyson Foods pork processing facility — is set to close permanently in June. A Tyson spokesperson on Monday…



R-CALF: American Cattle Producers Grateful for Packers and Stockyards Act Wins

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 or view the web version here.   American Cattle Producers Grateful for Packers and Stockyards Act…



The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire

Walmart’s annual revenues are larger than the GDP of Sweden; its founding family are prolific philanthropists. Their nexus is poorly understood. By The Civil Eats Editors November 1, 2023 Illustration credit: Civil Eats Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’ Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism Walmart and EDF Forged an Unlikely Partnership. 17 Years Later, What’s Changed? In…



Those EU Farmer Protests Aren’t What They Seem – Truthdig

FEB 29, 2024 Christopher Lord Contributor Christopher Lord was born in Finland, has lived in ten countries and is currently living in France. Formerly a university teacher and an activist in international affairs, based at Charles University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic’s Institute of International Relations, both in Prague, his…