Note from Lori Wallach: One of the key points in the document is that across-the-board tariffs on all goods from all countries are most likely to increase retail prices – because a key factor that otherwise determines whether retail process are affected by tariffs is substitution of non-tariffed goods. If folks have not, please take…
Howdy, I am quoted in the article below, I highlighted my comments. One of the foreign owners dismissed my skepticism. Really? Did he dismiss the fact that the owners of the feedlot are foreign investors from Canada? No. Did he dismiss the fact that the profits from the feedlot will go to the foreign owners?…
Hello All, Some of you may have heard about an upcoming Denver ballot initiative banning slaughterhouses called the City of Denver Citizen-Led Ballot Initiative: Slaughterhouse Ban. Denver city staff and agencies are not legally able to take stances in support or opposition of city or state ballot initiatives, however we are able to share ballot…
Industrial farming operations stuffed with thousands of hogs, cows, or chickens seriously harm our health and environment. All across the country, communities are pushing back. #Health#Meat & Dairy#Systems by Lena Beck· August 13, 2024 Image by Shutterstock/AI The thing that Kendra Kimbirauskas hadn’t expected were the trucks. As a small farmer who formerly worked with communities…
Monopoly Round-Up: Kroger-Albertsons Trial Starts Tomorrow Over the next few weeks, big antitrust cases are in the courtroom. There’s the Kroger-Albertsons hearing starting tomorrow, and two trials for Google. Matt Stoller August 26, 2024 Today’s round-up for paid subscribers has lots of good stuff, as usual. But before I get to that, I want to…
The Animal Agriculture and Water Quality (AAWQ) subcommittee is seeking comments on its recent public meetings and to inform its overall directive, which is to “provide recommendations that will inform EPA’s decisions regarding how to improve the implementation of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation permitting program to more effectively…
Farmer/advocate pitches ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices during farm tour Christensen says such practices can reduce nitrate pollution in groundwater and rivers, resulting in healthier soil for future generations By: Paul Hammel – August 20, 2024 Graham Christensen explains the regenerative agriculture practices employed at his family’s farm east of Lyons to produce crops with less intensive…
Harris: ‘I will go after the bad actors’ who unfairly drive up food prices By Chuck Abbott, August 18, 2024 At the same time that she pledged “the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food,” Vice President Kamala Harris said she would help the food industry become more competitive. “As president, I will take…
Harris: ‘I will go after the bad actors’ who unfairly drive up food prices By Chuck Abbott, August 18, 2024 At the same time that she pledged “the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food,” Vice President Kamala Harris said she would help the food industry become more competitive. “As president, I will take…
Harris: ‘I will go after the bad actors’ who unfairly drive up food prices By Chuck Abbott, August 18, 2024 At the same time that she pledged “the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food,” Vice President Kamala Harris said she would help the food industry become more competitive. “As president, I will take…