Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 7/19/19


Poultry, hog, and cattle growers from across the country stepped off their farms and stood up this week to consolidation, grower exploitation, and market manipulation by large meatpackers and processors (also called integrators). Meeting in Washington D.C. earlier this week, growers traveled from North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, West Virginia, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota as part of Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA), the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), and the Government Accountability Project (GAP)’s Stand With Family Farmers campaign fly-in.

The Campaign for Contract Agriculture Reform (CCAR), of which the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is a member, also supported the fly-in’s success and played an integral role advocating for family farmers throughout a turbulent history with the Packers & Stockyards Act that governs this industry.

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