Posts Tagged: Packers and Stockyards Act

D.C. Takes a Dive on Livestock Market Reform

Posted November 11th, 2011 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

Happy 90th Birthday Packers and Stockyards Act. One present you won’t be getting is a new set of teeth. This week, decision makers in Washington let down family farmers, rural… Read more »

The Anti-GIPSA Gang

Posted November 11th, 2010 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

As you read this, meat industry lobbyists are roaming the corridors of power in D.C. wearing buttons that say, “Kill GIPSA Rule.” For those of you who aren’t up on… Read more »

Introducing the Free Market to Animal Ag

Posted August 7th, 2010 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

In June the USDA released a proposed rule to bolster  the ability of the federal government  to protect farmers against abuses by corporate meatpackers—in other words, inject a little free-market… Read more »