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Open Markets Action's Heartland Forum Tackles Regional Inequality
Open Markets Action's Heartland Forum Tackles Regional Inequality

Last Saturday, five Democratic Party presidential hopefuls gathered at an event in Storm Lake, Iowa to present their platforms for revitalizing America’s farms and rural communities. Co-sponsored by the HuffPost, Iowa Farmers Union, Open Markets Action, and The Storm Lake Times, the Heartland Forum received wide coverage in the press, most of it focused on how all the candidates called for much stronger enforcement of antitrust laws against the corporations that dominate agricultural and food systems.

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BlogsOpen Markets2019, April 2019, Food & Agriculture
How a New Corporate Model in Hog Farming Puts Rural Communities at Risk
How a New Corporate Model in Hog Farming Puts Rural Communities at Risk

Many rural residents – including many farmers – do not want large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in their communities, as evinced by a growing number of efforts to halt new CAFOs or sue them for environmental damage. But a newly popular corporate structure for hog production makes it increasingly difficult for residents to even determine who owns a CAFO let alone seek justice through civil suits.

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BlogsClaire Kelloway2019, March 2019, Food & Agriculture, Food & Power, Claire Kelloway