Making the Grade? A Midterm Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition RSVP NOW [[link removed]] June 14th 10am - 12pm ET

The Capitol Hill Hilton

525 New Jersey Avenue Northwest

Washington, DC 20001 And streaming on these platforms: [[link removed]]

In July of 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order that directed multiple federal agencies to revive antitrust enforcement and promote competition throughout the U.S. economy.

The order dispatched the USDA, the FTC, and the DOJ to address monopoly power in the food and agriculture system. Successful completion of these objectives has the potential to tip the balance of power toward farmers, ranchers, and the American people. Now, nearly a year later, we will answer the question, what progress has been made?

On June 14th, join advocates, policymakers, and members of the press at the Capitol Hill Hilton where Farm Action and the Open Markets Institute will release their Midterm Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition — a report card on the Biden administration’s trustbusting efforts in food and agriculture.

To spotlight the importance and urgency of competition reform, the event will feature a video of first-person accounts from producers and small business owners spanning the country and the food supply chain, testifying to the on-the-ground impacts of food system concentration. Finally, a panel of farmers, ranchers, and food system experts will discuss the directives from the executive order most urgently in need of fulfillment and the consequences of continued inaction. Speakers will be announced soon.

RSVP [[link removed]] Speakers and Panelists: Ricardo Salvador, Director and Senior Scientist, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, moderatorCarrie Balkcom, Executive Director, American Grassfed AssociationJohn Boyd, Jr., Founder and President, National Black Farmers AssociationMichael Gay, Owner and Manager, Food FreshDennis Olson, Senior Research Associate & Policy Analyst, United Food and Commercial Workers International UnionAngela Huffman, Co-founder and Vice President, Farm ActionSarah Carden, Policy Advocate, Farm ActionBarry Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets InstituteClaire Kelloway, Food Systems Program Manager, Open Markets Institute

Video Testimony From:

Kara Brewer Boyd, Lumbee Tribe, Association of American Indian FarmersDarvin Bentlage, Missouri Rural Crisis CenterMaria Payan, Socially Responsible Agriculture ProjectRosa Saavedra, Rural Coalition, Compañeras CampesinasSarah Lloyd, NelDell Farms, Columbia County Farmers UnionEd Maltby, Keets Croft Farm, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers AllianceKathryn Bedell, Roan Creek Ranch, Western Organization of Resource CouncilsKevin O’Reilly, U.S. PIRGBarbara Shipman, Rural Coalition, Cottage House Incorporation, RRBG FarmBrett Kenzy, Kenzy Backgrounding, R-CALF USAPresented by Dee Laninga, Communications Director, Farm Action Tweet [link removed] Forward [link removed]

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