The Obama administration brought in a team in the Departments of Agriculture and Justice that promised to take on the big companies that control the food market. They held hearings across the country and collected tens of thousands of comments. But nothing ever happened and now the last of those who promised action has left.
Some people may think it's strange that the Nebraska Farmers Union and the Humane Society of the United States have found some areas of agreement. Not me.
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The principles of sustainable agriculture were born in rural
communities. How can those places now profit from the expanding
interest in healthy locally-grown food?
When the new administration came to town in 2009, they promised renewed
enforcement of antitrust rules in the agriculture industry. We thought
they were a new friend to ranchers and farmers. Now our friends are
gone.