Tell the Obama Administration to protect consumers instead of agribusiness!

Tell the Obama Administration to protect consumers instead of agribusiness!

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<p>Tell the Obama Administration to protect consumers instead of agribusiness, take on antitrust enforcement in agriculture!</p>
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<p>Did you know that just a handful of companies determine what kind of food you can buy and how farmers can produce it? It's true. Decades of bad farm policy and unchecked corporated mergers have driven out independent players, creating powerful agribusiness giants with massive market share. <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=a%2FbgaPlTHc4gGQNb2vUumoW%2FpWQd7%2BYj">Tell the Obama Administration that it's time to protect consumers instead of agribusiness!</a><br /> <br /> How bad are things right now?</p>
<p>- More than 85 percent of U.S. beef cattle are slaughtered by just four companies. <br /> - Two companies sell half of U.S. corn seed.<br /> - One company controls 40 percent of the U.S. fluid milk supply.<br /> - Five firms dominate the grocery sector, ensuring that low prices paid to farmers aren't passed along to consumers at the store.<br /> <br /> After decades of government officials looking the other way, regulators are finally acknowledging there might be a problem.&nbsp; In 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are conducting public workshops around the country to hear about the state of competition in agriculture markets.</p>
<p>We'll let you know how you can get involved in these hearings as they get closer.&nbsp; In the meantime, you can let the USDA and DOJ know that they must do a thorough investigation of the lack of competition in agriculture, as well as take immediate action to deal with unfair practices and lack of competition that are wreaking havoc on farmers and consumers across the country.</p>
<p><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=i8cBZnlTx0rJFitDl6x4A4W%2FpWQd7%2BYj">Tell the Obama Administration that it's time to take on agricultural antitrust enforcement!</a><br /> <br /></p>
<p>Thanks for taking action,</p>
<p>Alex Sarah, Noelle, and the Food Team<br /> Food &amp; Water Watch<br /> goodfood(at)<a href="http://fwwatch.org/">fwwatch.org</a> <br /> <b> </b></p>
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<p><b><b><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=sAiPY0uF9mX7whJMJHUyj4W%2FpWQd7%2BYj"> Food &amp; Water Watch</a> is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.</b></b>

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