"Fundamental change in America's agricultural and rural policies is no longer just an option; it's an absolute necessity." —Sen. Bernie Sanders

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Back in Iowa, Sanders Says Big Ag's Stranglehold a Key Part of 'Major Crisis' Facing Rural America

With a major speech on Sunday, 2020 candidate will set forth policy vision to save small farmers and rural communities

"Big ag companies killed family farms and polluted our water, while politicians blamed our immigrant neighbors. Let’s not turn on each other again."

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Farm Country: Don’t Get Fooled Again

Big ag companies killed family farms and polluted our water, while politicians blamed our immigrant neighbors. Let’s not turn on each other again.. I’m a retired public school teacher living in Des Moines. I grew up here close to the city limits, with an easy escape to the countryside that was o...

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• Brenda Funk Same thing happened here in Manitoba Canada. We used to be one of those small farms. But companies like Maple Leaf have taken over. First the price of hogs dropped to the point we were losing $50 for each live animal we sold. Didn't matter to Maple Leaf because they also own processing and retail. No worries for them. Just more profits. So now there are giant hog factories, no more small producers.

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  Kevin Cheesman Logarithms showed decades ago that Americans spend the lowest percentage of their income on food in the world. Therefore if you can control the market there is plenty of room for increased profits. Big investors ruthlessly pursued this.