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Action Alert: Tell USDA to Crack Down on "Organic” Livestock Factories!

Author(s): 
Chrys Ostrander
Ersatz organic chicken farm
This should never be allowed to be an organic chicken farm.

USDA needs to hear from you TODAY! Deadline May 26.

For years, USDA has been looking the other way as giant corporate agribusinesses, primarily producing conventional eggs and poultry, have squeezed family-scale farmers out of the market and misled and defrauded consumers.

Due to a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration on the scuttling of new rules that would make it harder for factory farms to qualify for organic status, USDA is seeking input on what was previously an error-filled and biased economic assessment of the rulemaking.

Sign on to the letter here:
https://secure.everyaction.com/GjKPXFlrcUa7TJ_K86MqeA2

Please sign this letter by noon on Tuesday, May 26, to include your voice in our response to the official proceedings. If you would prefer to write your own custom comment you can submit it at regulations.gov

 

Edition: 
May 2020