{"id":430387,"date":"2010-03-14T04:07:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T08:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidicke.com\/headlines\/31617-family-farm-advocates-call-for-us-to-bust-up-big-ag"},"modified":"2010-03-14T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T08:07:09","slug":"family-farm-advocates-call-for-u-s-to-%e2%80%98bust-up-big-ag%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/430387","title":{"rendered":"Family-farm Advocates Call for U.S. to \u2018Bust Up Big Ag\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Whether they realized it or not, the roughly 250 family farmers, workers and consumers gathered in Ankeny, Iowa, Thursday night fired off their own point-by-point response to a letter from two Republican senators that urged the U.S. departments of agriculture and justice to maintain the existing status quo in the agriculture industry.<\/p>\n

The often rambunctious townhall event was organized by a coalition of groups concerned that everyday people do not have adequate opportunity to express their opinions on the agricultural industry at a joint U.S. Department of Justice and USDA antitrust workshop on Friday. And it had one overarching message: \u201cBust up big ag”.’<\/p>\n

Read more: Family-farm Advocates Call for U.S. to \u2018Bust Up Big Ag\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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