Assessing the Biden administration’s commitment to food system competition
The order dispatched the USDA, the FTC, and the DOJ to address monopoly power in the food and agriculture system. Successful completion of these objectives has the potential to tip the balance of power toward farmers, ranchers, and the American people. Now, nearly a year later, what progress has been made?
On June 14th, members of the press are invited to join farmers, advocates, and policymakers either virtually or in-person at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., where Farm Action and the Open Markets Institute will release their Midterm Review of the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Food System Competition — a report card on the Biden administration’s trustbusting efforts in food and agriculture.
To spotlight the importance and urgency of competition reform, the event will feature a video of first-person accounts from producers and small business owners spanning the country and the food supply chain, testifying to the on-the-ground impacts of food system concentration. Finally, a panel of farmers, ranchers, and food system experts will discuss the directives from the executive order most urgently in need of fulfillment and the consequences of continued inaction. Speakers will be announced soon.
Event details are included below, and individuals may RSVP here for either the in-person or the virtual event.
Event Details:
Making the Grade?
A Midterm Review of the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Food System Competition
Capital Hilton
1001 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
June 14, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET
RSVP HERE
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