Help get a bill introduced in your state
Now more than ever, we need more choice — and better access to meat raised in our communities.
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How to draft an on-farm meat sales bill
A practical guide to drafting state legislation allowing small farmers to sell uninspected meat directly to local consumers, with model language and considerations for labeling, sanitation and sales.
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Dr. Meryl Nass calls for state-level action to restore food freedom
At Brownstone Institute’s 2026 Polyface Farm retreat, Dr. Nass outlined how federal regulations and corporate consolidation are squeezing small farmers—and why states may offer the best path to reform.
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10 things the meat industry doesn’t want you to know
How America’s meat system became concentrated, why independent farmers keep disappearing, and what states can do about it.
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Globalism and Centralization | Industry Monopolies | News | Public Advocacy | Regulatory Impediments
Food system concentration: a handful of corporations dominate U.S. agriculture
Farm Action’s Angela Huffman says decades of consolidation have left most of the U.S. food supply chain controlled by just a few corporations.
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Financial | Helping Farmers Sell Locally | News | Personal Solutions | Perverse Farming Incentives | Public Advocacy
Farm Action: federal food purchasing should support local farmers
Farm Action argues that billions in government food purchases should be redirected toward independent and regional producers.
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Farm bill keeps the system intact
New draft legislation is drawing criticism for preserving corporate advantages in agriculture while weakening state-level protections and shielding pesticide makers from liability.
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Supreme Court to Hear Bayer Case That Could Block Thousands of Glyphosate Claims
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Monsanto v. Durnell, a case that could wipe out pending and future lawsuits over glyphosate — even without granting the chemical industry a blanket immunity from liability.
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Section 453 was quietly removed — and that should worry everyone watching pesticide accountability
This week, the House is set to vote on the Interior–Environment Appropriations bill — without Section 453, the provision that would have made updating pesticide labels significantly more difficult.
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Globalism and Centralization | Industry Monopolies | News | Personal Solutions | Public Advocacy | Saving Family Farms
A brief history of American food monopolies
Hidden behind the illusion of choice at the grocery store is a highly consolidated system in which a handful of corporations control the animals, the farmers, the processing, and ultimately the price of the food on your plate.
