Bernie Sanders Wants To Trust Bust Big Ag

Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress.

Axios:

2020 Democrat Bernie Sanders unveiled a multi-faceted, comprehensive plan to help revitalize rural farming communities and break up big agriculture corporations like Bayer-Monsanto and John Deere by enacting “Roosevelt style trust-busting laws.”

“Agriculture today is not working for the majority of Americans. It is not working economically for farmers, it is not working for rural communities, and it is not working for the environment. But it is working for big agribusiness corporations that are extracting our rural resources for profit.

For far too long, government farm policies have incentivized a “get big or get out” approach to agriculture. This approach has consolidated the entire food system, reducing farm net income, and driving farmers off the land in droves.  As farms disappear, so do the businesses, jobs, and communities they support. …”

This is a big deal.

It is going to take me some time to read through this. I live in a very rural area and this could have a big impact on our region.