Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 5/7/20

Thursday, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced the introduction of the House companion to the Farm System Reform Act, previously introduced by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in the Senate. As the global pandemic exposes the dangers inherent in our highly concentrated food system, the legislation would strengthen the Packers & Stockyards Act to protect family farmers from anti-competitive practices and corporate consolidation, promoting a fair market for all producers. The current trend of agricultural economic concentration across rural American family farms isn’t inevitable: it’s the result of failed policy, creating dangerous bottlenecks in the middle of the COVID-19 public health crisis.

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