We're farmers fighting corporate capture of American agriculture policy. Our political partner is @FarmActionFund.
Oct 14 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
🚨Corporate power just destroyed thousands of years of independent agriculture in a single generation.
Four corporations—Bayer, Corteva, ChemChina, and BASF—control over 50% of the global seed market.
We’re about to expose how Big Ag patented life itself:
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This is part of our Food Monopoly Files series—uncovering how power over the food supply has been seized, from field to fork.
Let’s dive in:🧵
Feb 12 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🚨We've investigated the skyrocketing egg prices — again — and new evidence requires urgent action by @FTC and @JusticeATR.
Egg supply restrictions, lavish corporate profits, and a European duopoly on breeding stock are jeopardizing our food supply.
Let's dig into the facts.🧵
First, what's hitting all of us the hardest: Egg prices have skyrocketed since the start of the avian flu pandemic.
The wholesale price of eggs surged from $0.50-$1.30 per dozen in 2021 to $6.00-$8.00 per dozen today.
But isn't that because of avian flu's impact on production?