by Patty Lovera | Jun 7, 2023 | Press Releases
New economic modeling from Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment shows benefits from system of fair prices and reserves to moderate food supply disruptions, help farmers diversify and build resilience Missouri/Iowa/Minnesota/South Dakota—New economic modeling...
by Laura Flacks-Narrol | Apr 16, 2020 | Factory Farm Subsidies, Fair Market, Press Releases
Global players forced small meatpacking plants out, farmers and workers pay the price The announced closing of Smithfield’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota meatpacking plant due to a COVID-19 outbreak affecting over 600 workers is a vivid example of the vulnerability of a...
by Laura Flacks-Narrol | Apr 7, 2020 | Factory Farm Subsidies, Fair Market, Press Releases
Groups Concerned That Trump’s USDA Will Continue to Favor Industry Family farm-based organizations in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Dakota sent a letter to Congress today calling for strong oversight of the recently passed COVIDovid-19 aid package to...
by Laura Flacks-Narrol | Oct 23, 2019 | Factory Farm Subsidies, Press Releases, Trade
Disparaging Comments by Ag Secretary Perdue About the Future of Independent Family Farms Should Spur Congressional Action Family farm groups from Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and South Dakota traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to meet with members of Congress on the...
by Laura Flacks-Narrol | Jul 11, 2019 | Factory Farm Subsidies, Press Releases, State Policy
In State Capitals across the Midwest, opposition to legislation pushed by corporate agriculture lobbyists to favor factory farms continues to grow. The Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment (CFFE), made up of rural-based, family farm membership groups in...
