Petition to the Deptartment of Justice: free our farmers by busting corporate control of our food system

I received an email today from ana Sofia joanes, the director of FRESH, the movie. Read on…

There is a monumental opportunity in 2010 for us to break the monopoly that is plaguing our food system.

President Obama’s Department of Justice is finally looking into the stranglehold that a handful of huge corporations have on farms across the country.

These corporations - like Cargill and Monsanto - have monopolized huge swaths of our country’s food and farms, resulting in tremendous negative consequences on our food security, on the ability of small farmers to compete and survive, and ultimately on consumer choice.

Sign our petition to the Department of Justice: break up the food monopoly to free our farmers.

http://action.freshthemovie.com/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=617

This could be the first step towards the government taking long-needed action to help break the corporate control in our farming and food system.

For farmers to survive and thrive, we need the government to take action that restores real competition to the farm economy - not the current situation where a few corporations in the grain, seed, dairy and livestock sectors hold excessive control.

In 2010, the Department of Justice will hold public hearings to discuss anti-trust issues in agricultural production. We want our voice to be heard in this process.

We will deliver your signature and comments to the Department of Justice.

Sign our petition: free our farmers by busting corporate control of our food system.

http://action.freshthemovie.com/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=617

This is the most meaningful opportunity we’ve had in a long time to affect change in our system. We will keep you informed on this process and about further opportunities for you to participate.

ana Sofia joanes
Director, FRESH

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