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Trustee Archive
There are currently about 2 million American farms. About 95% are owned, rented or operated by individuals and families, while about 5% are corporate farms. The term “family farm” does not necessarily equate with a small farm, nor does a “corporate farm” necessarily mean a large-scale operation owned by a multinational corporation. Many of our country's largest agricultural enterprises are family owned. Small farms, accounting for 90% of the total, are those with annual sales less than $350,000. Despite the predominance of these small farms, there is strong evidence of a trend toward concentration in our nation’s agricultural production. In addition to consolidation, small farms are facing increasing pressure from large factory farms operated by multinational corporations that, because of their buying power and size, often dominate the marketplace.
Critics of large factory farms say they confine thousands of animals in cramped, unsanitary conditions thereby placing the safety of our food at risk. Large farms also pollute our air and water, harm the welfare of animals and exploit workers, extract wealth from rural communities, increase the risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria and have a stranglehold on our food supply.
Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of H.R.6718 - Farm System Reform Act of 2020
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Ro Khanna (CA) |
- I oppose reforming current small farm policy, and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA).
- I support a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations; requiring country of origin labeling on beef, pork, and dairy products; and ensuring large corporations no longer have a stranglehold on our food supply, and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Ro Khanna and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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I support a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations; requiring country of origin labeling on beef, pork, and dairy products; and ensuring large corporations no longer have a stranglehold on our food supply, and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Ro Khanna and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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- Representative
If elected as a trustee, the campaign committee of Rep. Ro Khanna (CA) will be unconditionally awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting him to favorably consider either reintroducing H.R.6718 - Farm System Reform Act of 2020 or a similar version thereof.
- Food and Water Watch
If elected as a trustee, Food and Water Watch will be awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting these funds be used to support small farmers and discourage large factory farming operations.
Mission: Our food, water and climate are under constant assault by corporations who put profit over the survival of humanity. They have seized control of the very institutions that were built to protect us. We mobilize people to reclaim their political power, hold our elected officials accountable, and resist corporate control—ensuring we all have the essential resources we need to thrive. Food & Water Watch mobilizes regular people to build political power to move bold & uncompromised solutions to the most pressing food, water, and climate problems of our time. We work to protect people’s health, communities, and democracy from the growing destructive power of the most powerful economic interests.
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- No trustee votes received.
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| Poll Opening Date |
January 16, 2023 |
| Poll Closing Date |
January 22, 2023 |
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