Dr. John Ikerd: Feeding the World Intelligently–Without Corporate Agriculture
This talk was the opening keynote at OCM’s 19th Annual Food and Agriculture Conference. Feeding the World Intelligently –Without Corporate Agriculture[i] John Ikerd[ii] “American Farmers Must Feed the...
View ArticleFarmers Stand Up: Tractorcade Protest of 1978-1979, by Henry Marks
11-year-old Henry, grandson of John Hansen, recounts the history of the 1979 DC Tractorcade in this award winning video.
View ArticleWenonah Hauter: Concentration’s Economic Impact on Rural Communities and Main...
Presentation by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, for the Organization for Competitive Markets 19th Annual Food and Agriculture Conference:
View ArticleCould the Bayer-Monsanto merger put the U.S. seed supply under Chinese control?
Much has already been said by Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and others about the food security threat posed by the pending mega-merger of Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. The combined company...
View ArticleA New $1 Cow Tax in Oklahoma: Good Money After Bad
A Word on Farm Law and Policy By Harlan Hentges Edmond, Oklahoma A $1.00 tax is imposed every time cattle are sold. This is the “Beef Checkoff” imposed by federal law. Oklahoma ranchers pay about $3...
View ArticleA letter to Oklahoma Extension Services: Please safeguard our children
I am writing to encourage you to put parental safeguards in place to ensure parents are informed of this election and to seek their permission before any child would be asked to cast a ballot that...
View ArticleAre these signatures sufficient to double the Oklahoma beef checkoff?
In order to bring the Oklahoma beef checkoff tax increase to a statewide referendum, the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) launched a petition drive in 2015. It took OCA nearly two years to...
View ArticleWho cares about the future of real dairy farmers and our captive consumers?
By Brenda Cochran Tioga County, Pennsylvania The latest from the “Dairy Industry” is another outrage that is hard to imagine is even happening. As outlined in Jim Dickerell’s article in Farm Journal’s...
View Article10 reasons to vote “No” on the Oklahoma beef checkoff increase
The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association is holding a referendum to double the beef checkoff tax assessed on cattle producers. In-person voting takes place on November 1, 2017 at Oklahoma County Extension...
View ArticleOCM Tells USDA to Reject Increased Poultry Line Speeds
The National Chicken Council (NCC) is on the verge of convincing the USDA to eliminate line speed limits in poultry plants. Jobs inside poultry plants are some of the most dangerous and difficult in...
View Article2017 in Review
Building on OCM’s past 19 years of unwavering commitment to the fight for economic justice for America’s family farmers and ranchers, 2017 has proven to be one of the most impactful years yet. Here is...
View ArticleBait and Switch
What can we as eaters do to encourage a better food system? In today’s broken corporate-controlled food system, more and more people want to know where their food comes from and how it’s produced. The...
View ArticleStop Virginia’s SB 374: Beef Checkoff Increase and Corporatization
Take Action The Virginia state Senate will soon be considering legislation which would quadruple the state’s beef checkoff tax on cattle producers and turn over control of those dollars to the trade...
View ArticleHave You Been Affected by Large Agribusiness Mergers? Take This Quick Survey.
The last year and half has brought many changes to the farming community. One of the biggest has been the wave of mergers sweeping through the major corporations many farmers rely upon for seeds and...
View ArticleDon’t Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater: Not All Regulations Are Bad
Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Since its inception, OCM’s mission statement has included the following statement, “True competition reduces the...
View ArticleOCM Opposes California Legislative Attempt to Increase Beef Checkoff
The California Legislature is at it again. They’re attempting to tax cattle producers $1 per head of cattle sold, without providing the basic taxpayer safeguards of a state audit, appropriations, or...
View ArticleFarmers Detail Harm Suffered at Hands of Big Ag Corporations in Our New...
In December 2017, we sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for illegally withdrawing critical protections intended to shield family farmers and ranchers from predatory and retaliatory...
View ArticleOCM Support for Petition for Rulemaking on Definitions of “Beef” and “Meat”
The Organization for Competitive Markets submitted the following comments in support of Petition 18-01 filed by United States Cattlemen’s Association to exclude products not derived directly from...
View ArticleOrganizing Farm Communities to Stop Rep. King’s Attack
By Laura Kington As a seasonal farm employee and food system advocate, my post-grad years have consistently revolved around three seasons: planting, harvesting, and conference-ing. The last two years,...
View ArticleThe Flawed European Remedy to Bayer-Monsanto Deal
By Allen Grunes and Maurice Stucke Farmers in the United States have been battered for years by the rising costs of seeds and chemicals. It looks like things are only going to get worse. There were...
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