This year’s Agriculture Improvement Act, commonly referred to as the “Farm Bill,” will invest a projected $700 billion over five years in U.S. food systems. If it replicates past failures, it will leave families and farmers insecure, excluding workers and farmed animals entirely while accelerating local and global environmental crises.
In short, it will put the profits of Big Ag over the rest of us: people, farmed animals and the planet.
This year’s Agriculture Improvement Act, commonly referred to as the “Farm Bill,” will invest a projected $700 billion over five years in U.S. food systems. If it replicates past failures, it will leave families and farmers insecure, excluding workers and farmed animals entirely while accelerating local and global environmental crises.
In short, it will put the profits of Big Ag over the rest of us: people, farmed animals and the planet.Shifting the Farm Bill requires a title-by-title approach. Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s Food and Farm Act takes a bold step in this direction. At his March 29 Capitol Hill legislative kickoff, our organizations joined advocates for farmers, the environment, human health, justice and farmed animals in a united call for reform. We need to make a commitment to food systems that nourish people today and ensure future generations can do the same. Now, we’re calling on Congress — for farmers, families and the rest of us — to put health and sustainability over Big Ag profits.