A sustainable food system is one that provides a good living for small- and mid-sized independent farmers and ensures safe, healthy and affordable food for everyone. It's good for our shared environment and climate.
But decades of misguided farm policy have driven reality further and further from that vision.
Polluting factory farms dominate our rural landscapes, and a few mega-corporations control our food system. As a result, families, farmers, and communities are struggling. And all of this is compounded by an ever-changing climate with record heat, droughts, and storms.
That’s why we're fighting for a Fair Farm Bill to support independent farmers, break up corporate consolidation, incentivize sustainable farming, and ensure a livable climate future.
Big Ag spends hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying each year for the status quo – policies that prop up their corporate interests at the expense of small, independent family-scale farms. That isn’t sustainable.
The Farm Bill is a massive funding bill passed by Congress every five years. It’s an opportunity to create both a fair marketplace and the kind of agriculture we want to see.
We are advocating for a Fair Farm Bill that:
Bans factory farms and supports a transition to sustainable family-scale farms
Halts agribusiness mergers and breaks up mega-corporations that price gouge consumers at the grocery store
Restores supply management policies and price safety nets for farmers
Expands coverage for more crops that directly feed people
Boosts funding for climate-resilient agricultural seeds, breeds, and techniques
Builds and supports the infrastructure to connect farmers to local processors and consumers, not Wall Street
Together, we can rebuild a food system that promotes environmental stewardship, provides living wages to farmers and food workers, and ensures access to fresh and healthy food for all.
Onward,
Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action
Food & Water Action and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, are advocacy groups with a common mission to protect our food, water and climate.
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