Help Needed on 2012 Farm Bill: Protect Cattle Market Competitiveness

By Bill Bullard
R-CALF USA

The 2012 Farm Bill process appears to be moving very quickly, so we need the public to help us urge the Senate to include in the Farm Bill both the Livestock Marketing Fairness Act and the Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock.  These bills will help protect the competitiveness of the US cattle market, by slowing the rapid monopoly concentration of the U.S. feeding industry.

Please call your U.S. Senators this week and urge them to become a cosponsor on both the Livestock Marketing Fairness Act (S. 1026) and the Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock (S. 2141).

Go Local: Support Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act

By Environmental Working Group

Our nation’s food policy is not doing enough to reduce barriers for local farmers and support the growing demand for local, sustainable food.  Working together, we can move Congress to adopt policies that support local food and local farms.  The Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act is good for our families, local economies and for the environment and an important step in getting our country’s food policy back on track.
….. …. . . . . . . ~ Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
          Organic farmer and House sponsor of the
          Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act

Do you want more access to fresh food on your dinner table?  Then keep reading.

We at EWG Action Fund are throwing our support behind the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act introduced in Congress by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).  If you care about where your food comes from I hope you’ll stand with us today.