View this email in your browser Forward to a Friend Dear Readers, Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree are expanding at a breakneck pace across urban neighborhoods and small towns alike. The evidence shows that these stores are not merely a symptom of economic distress — they’re a cause of it. Today we published…
Developer says Colorado Springs mayoral race will cost $1 million, supports Wayne Williams COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — 13 Investigates has uncovered ties between the most powerful developer in the area, Norwood Development Group, and the mayoral race in Colorado Springs. Norwood Development Group is behind a confidential plan to pump $1 million into candidate…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carrie Balkcom Executive Director, American Grassfed Association carrie (303) 591-3978 American Grassfed Association Applauds USDA’s Proposed Rule on "Product of USA" Label Claim American Grassfed Association celebrates USDA’s proposed rule to limit the “Product of USA” label exclusively to meat, poultry, and eggs derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed…
Made in the USA? Proposed rule clarifies grocery meat labels By JONEL ALECCIA today FILE – In this photo made on June 16, 2022, rows of fresh cut beef is in the coolers of the retail section at the Wight’s Meat Packing facility in Fombell, Pa. Federal agriculture officials on Monday, March 6, 2023 released…
Globalist End Game: Taking Over Farmland in the US, EU and Ukraine; Family Farms Slammed By Robert L. Baker March 3, 2023 (EIRNS)–Three reports have been released recently that document how a massive interlinked corporate system is consolidating control over farmland in the high-tech production regions of the USA and the EU, and in Ukraine…
lus: We’ve still got egg prices on the brain. FARM ACTION FOCUS: HOW THE BIG FARMS GET BIGGER Between natural disasters, extreme weather, pest infestation, disease, high input costs, or low commodity prices, risks abound that can swiftly tank farming operations. That’s where U.S. farm support programs come in. Yet, these insurance programs have insidious…
JBS takes next step in Operation Weak Meat corruption case By Chris Moore on 2/24/2023 JBS will appeal a decision by Brazilian authorities in the Operation Weak Meat investigation, according to a report from Food Safety News. The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) verdict ruled this month that Seara Alimentos, a JBS subsidiary, would be fined…
Stricter ‘Right to Farm’ proposal called a ‘solution searching for a problem’ Testifiers say it favors Costco and other out-of-state corporations at the expense of rural Nebraskans’ rights BY: PAUL HAMMEL – FEBRUARY 14, 2023 Two complexes of 12 chicken barns each are visible across a farm field in Butler County. The barns, which hold…
Congress Encourages Corporate Sponsorship of USDA Conservation Programs Photo courtesy of iStock In the year-end Washington scramble to pass a government funding package, Congress snuck in a concerning new law that helps agribusiness corporations influence federal farm conservation policy. The SUSTAINS Act, first introduced by Republican leader of the House Agriculture Committee Glenn Thompson, allows…
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. R-CALF USA Member Featured in Gripping Documentary Billings, Mont. — Released today, a gripping documentary by More Perfect Union, How Big Beef Is Killing America’s Farmers, features R-CALF USA member Coy Young….