By Jeff Elkins, June 4th 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill establishing liability protections for Oklahoma’s poultry industry is set to become law. With Gov. Stitt’s signature late last week, Senate Bill 1424 will become law in November. The measure outlines fines for pollution of $10,000 per day and protects poultry farmers from litigation due…
For Immediate Release 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. Award-Winning Journalist Lara Logan…
Farm groups fed up with ag consolidation, checkoff corruption speak out By Rachel Wagoner June 4, 2024 Joe Logan, president of the Ohio Farmers Union, speaks to a crowd gathered in Columbiana, Ohio May 29 for the Enough or Enough Tour, put on by his group, the Pennsylvania Farmers Union, Farm Action Fund and Buckeye…
Journalist Marcel Gomes has traced beef in supermarkets and fast food restaurants in the U.S. and Europe to Brazilian ranches on illegally cleared land. In an e360 interview, he talks about the challenges of documenting the supply chains and getting companies to clean them up. May 9th, 2024 Marcel Gomes (center) with colleagues at Repórter Brasil’s offices in…
By Allen Bonini, Apr 28 2024 Allen Bonini retired in January 2021 after nearly 45 years as an environmental professional, serving in various technical, managerial and leadership positions in water quality, recycling and solid waste across the states of Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. Most recently, he served fifteen and a half years as the supervisor of…
In The News May 23, 2024 Washington, D.C. — Earlier this week, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson introduced H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, which is slated for Committee markup on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The text contains a version of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act,…
Global corporations have now taken control of many industries. Companies like Walmart and the Dollar Stores are gutting the last of the money from our communities in America. At the same time, companies like Cargill and JBS take every advantage they can from smaller companies. Local-based businesses definitely care more about the people, the environment,…
BY LISA HELD MAY 22, 2024 With the biggest poultry company in the country backtracking and other commitments to raising healthier birds unmet, the future is rockier than it once seemed. Seven years ago, Tyson—one of the largest chicken producers in the world—made headlines with its commitment to “eliminate antibiotics in chicken.” Then, last summer, the company changed…
It started with the Chinese purchase of hog giant Smithfield – grabbing 25% of America’s pork production. I got worse fast, including the JBS Brazilian meat mafia takeover of beef and poultry. We literally cannot feed ourselves. http://www.magpictures.com/thegrab/trailer
Most of us would like to live in a society accountable to people and the planet, one in which we exercise genuine agency over our lives and have a real say in the decisions that affect our communities, but the dramatic increase in corporate domination, especially the rise of giant tech companies that wield unprecedented…