A new report by the HEAL Food Alliance and Food Chain Workers Alliance draws on a decade of organizing to identify how public food purchasing programs can better advance racial equity and worker organizing.
Read MoreA new economic study makes the case that concentrated market power helped corporations pull off pandemic price hikes and reap record profits.
Read MoreColorado will be the first state to require farm equipment makers to share or sell all the tools, manuals, and software that farmers need to fix their tractors and combines. 16 other states have introduced similar bills.
Read MoreA new report by the Open Markets Institute and Friends of the Earth argues that corporate-led soil carbon offset programs risk increasing greenhouse gas emissions while entrenching agribusiness market power.
Read MoreAs Congress prepares to pass the Farm Bill, many advocates have visited Washington to promote policies that challenge corporate consolidation in the food system. Food & Power has a roundup of their proposals.
Read MoreOne in six U.S. food service workers and one in five agriculture industry workers have signed a noncompete agreement. Banning these contracts could raise wages and entrepreneurship.
Read MoreA new law lets corporations fund select USDA conservation programs in exchange for branded sponsorship and a cut of any environmental service benefits generated.
Read MoreShell buys biogas company that will turn cow manure into burnable gas. Opponents say these taxpayer supported projects expand dirty gas infrastructure and polluting industrial animal farms.
Read MoreNew USDA rule could clear the way for farmers to challenge meatpackers for retaliation and discrimination. Plus USDA commits $15 million to boost state attorneys general.
Read MoreThe National Pork Producers Council says California’s Prop. 12 will drive small farms out of business. But a group of small farmers argues that the anti-crate law gives them a rare market opportunity.
Read MoreOpen Markets and Farm Action hosted farmers and other food business owners in Washington, DC to assess the Biden administration’s commitment to restoring fair competition in the food system.
Read MoreA congressional report reveals how meatpacking corporations exaggerated risks of food shortages and drafted an executive order to keep their plants open, deterring health and safety regulations.
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