The Farm Bill Feeds Corporations, Not Communities
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Photo: The maze of livestock pens and walkways at Chicago’s stockyards, ca. 1947. Photo credit: John Vachon – US NARA – 541823 via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Anna Pesek and Chris Muse. Common Dreams – May 29, 2026.
America prides itself on supporting small and local businesses, yet decades of agricultural policy decisions signal nothing but disdain for our small and local farms.
Three years behind schedule, the US House of Representatives passed a Farm Bill last month. Despite thousands of independent, humane farmers sounding the alarm that American livestock production is hurtling toward a breaking point, Congress chose to ignore those voices in favor of propping up corporate profits with more handouts to industrial agriculture. […]
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