At stake in the upcoming Farm Bill is the right of all Americans to maintain local control over our food and farms.
The newly introduced Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326) and Save our Bacon Act (H.R.4673), repackaged versions of the damaging EATS Act, aim to strip state and local governments of their ability to make agricultural policies within their own borders — policies that create market opportunity and protect communities’ health and wellbeing.
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Defeat EATS!
The EATS Act is a power grab by a handful of global agribusinesses to the detriment of farmers, our land and water, our health, animals, consumers, and local governments. It would cripple states’ rights while furthering corporations’ power to squeeze U.S. farms and put our people’s safety at risk.
Defeat EATS
to protect farmers and safeguard our food system
The EATS Act would prevent state and local governments from establishing food production and distribution safeguards that provide farmers with critical market opportunities that keep them farming.
By eliminating these opportunities, the act will accelerate market concentration in the food and agriculture industries, giving multinational corporations the win over American farmers and ranchers.
By eliminating these opportunities, the act will accelerate market concentration in the food and agriculture industries, giving multinational corporations the win over American farmers and ranchers.
Farmer Stories
Bob Street
“Before Prop 12, smaller producers like me were being pushed out…This new market gave us the opportunity to earn a better price for our hogs, and it’s likely the reason we’re still in business today.”
Terry Mudd
“Rising costs, disappearing markets, and big corporations nearly pushed us out. But then we found a lifeline in the crate-free market created by California’s Prop 12. It kept us in hog farming. Without it, we’d be in serious trouble.”
Defeat EATS
to maintain state and local control
Local farmers and communities know what is best for them, and the power to set rules should remain in their hands. But over 1,000 state and local laws would be stripped from the books if the EATS Act is passed. The act would allow giant corporations to file lawsuits across the country against state and local governments. This attacks the vital U.S. principle that gives states the power to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens within their borders.
The EATS Act would have a devastating impact on local governments as they could risk bankruptcy while fighting endless litigation to defend their laws.
The EATS Act would have a devastating impact on local governments as they could risk bankruptcy while fighting endless litigation to defend their laws.
Defeat EATS
to safeguard human health and the environment
In addition to laws that protect family farmers and animals, the EATS Act would strip away critical state and local provisions that protect public health and the environment — from laws targeting invasive pests, to wildlife and resource protections, to baby food safety.
Defeat EATS
for the sake of animals
The EATS Act would destroy state-level animal protection laws that have been enacted by policymakers across the political spectrum. This includes negating existing state laws that ban or restrict the use of extreme animal confinement practices, such as gestation crates, veal crates and cages for egg-laying hens.
A Data for Progress poll found that around 80% of voters — regardless of political affiliation — believe preventing cruelty to animals is a matter of personal moral concern. The EATS Act would be catastrophic to the state governments and voters who have taken a stance in the fight for the more humane treatment of farm animals.
A Data for Progress poll found that around 80% of voters — regardless of political affiliation — believe preventing cruelty to animals is a matter of personal moral concern. The EATS Act would be catastrophic to the state governments and voters who have taken a stance in the fight for the more humane treatment of farm animals.
Farmer Stories
Brian Sjostrand
“What’s keeping us going is the premium we get through California’s Prop 12. Without it, we couldn’t stay in hog farming — corporations are squeezing us out everywhere else.”
Don Mudd
“We’ve always raised our pigs outdoors in a natural, antibiotic-free environment. California’s Prop 12 rewards the way we believe pigs should be raised — resulting in higher-quality pork and healthier, happier animals.”
Defeat EATS
in the news
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DC Journal | State Sovereignty Is Not for Sale to Foreign Corporations
Read more: DC Journal | State Sovereignty Is Not for Sale to Foreign CorporationsThe Food Security and Farm Protection Act, a revived version… Click to read more
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The Hagstrom Report | House Dems oppose Save the Bacon; USDA plans study
Read more: The Hagstrom Report | House Dems oppose Save the Bacon; USDA plans study182 Democratic House members have sent House Agriculture Committee leaders… Click to read more
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Fair Observer | Congress is Trying to Gut State Agriculture Laws
Read more: Fair Observer | Congress is Trying to Gut State Agriculture Laws“The truth is: these bills don’t protect American farmers —… Click to read more
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Kirkpatrick Policy Group | Tell Congress to Protect Small Hog Farmers
Read more: Kirkpatrick Policy Group | Tell Congress to Protect Small Hog Farmers“Oklahoma farmers and ranchers have a long tradition of caring… Click to read more
Defeat EATS
is gaining bipartisan momentum!
Despite corporate pressure to ram rebranded versions of the EATS Act through Congress, opposition to this power grab is mounting—and it’s bipartisan. House Republicans and Senate Democrats have spoken out in recent letters defending Prop 12, affirming that voters have the right to demand higher standards in agriculture. This growing chorus shows that Prop 12 has broad support that crosses party lines.