Consolidation Creates Dangerous and Fragile Food Systems, Report Argues By Claire Kelloway November 24, 2020 Last week, rural sociologist Dr. Mary Hendrickson presented a new report – commissioned by the Family Farm Action Alliance – on the dangers of consolidating food production into fewer, corporate hands. From COVID-19 supply chain disruptions to inflated food prices,…

Farm Action and allies are requesting an FTC investigation of Cargill for making false and misleading claims about its turkey products. Dear Mike, Today, Family Farm Action Alliance and six other organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting an investigation of Cargill, Inc. for making false and misleading claims about its…

Black Farmers Have Been Robbed of Land. A New Bill Would Give Them a “Quantum Leap” Toward Justice. “This is the Black Farmers Civil Rights Act of 2020, and it’s long overdue.” Tom Philpott ReporterBio | Follow PeopleImages/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter…

Today is the day we launch our special report, “The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts.” Read the report here. Dear Mike, It’s here! Today we launch our special report, “The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts.” It provides the latest updated data on the state of concentration in the agrifood system, and outlines what…

Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19 By Clark Kauffman– November 18, 2020 Tyson workers have had plastic dividers separating them on the production line. (Photo provided by Tyson Fresh Meats) A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo pork processing plant alleges that during the initial…

Progressives push for left-leaning USDA boss By RYAN MCCRIMMON 11/16/2020 10:00 AM EST With help from Helena Bottemiller Evich and Doug Palmer Editor’s Note: Weekly Agriculture is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro’s daily Agriculture policy newsletter, Morning Agriculture. POLITICO Pro is a policy intelligence platform that combines the news you need with tools you…

Press Releases November 16, 2020 COVID-19 Health and Safety Citations Issued at Smithfield-Owned Southern California Meatpacking Plant, Largest Packinghouse Citations Nationwide For Immediate Release: Nov. 16, 2020 Contact: Damaris Lara, damaris.lara, 213.924.2419 Maya Solarana, maya.solarana 402.957.3395 Versión en Español abajo COVID-19 Health and Safety Citations Issued at Smithfield-Owned Southern California Meatpacking Plant, Largest Packinghouse Citations…

The Feed-Meat Complex: Unpacking the Truth About How Big Meat Pockets Billions in Farm Subsidies November 16, 2020 Giant meatpackers like Cargill and JBS are the beneficiaries of billions of dollars of U.S. government subsidies. But they don’t get this money directly. Instead, the government subsidizes farmers to grow crops like corn and soybeans. With…

IOWA VIEW Is Coyote Run Farm in central Iowa the nation’s most important farm? The Biden-Harris team will take Matt’s insights to the White House and into the new administration, meaning there is hope for a brighter future for farmers, consumers, and the land. Neil Hamilton Iowa View contributor You may not have heard of…

PLEASE JOIN OUR PUBLIC CONVERSATION WITH Sen. Cory Booker and Dr. Mary Hendrickson TO LAUNCH A GROUNDBREAKING REPORT, "THE FOOD SYSTEM: CONCENTRATION AND ITS IMPACTS" THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH at 12 P.M. ET On November 19th from 12:00-1:00 PM ET, Open Markets Institute is joining Family Farm Action Alliance to launch a groundbreaking report, “The Food…