Support CAFO Reform

The Farm System Reform Act addresses a number of concerns we at ANH-USA have been writing about for years. The meat industry in the United States is dominated by a few large companies that demand animals be confined in close quarters and raised in squalid conditions. This bill would halt the dominance of CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operation) over the meat industry in the US. It would also return transparency to meat labeling.

Write to Congress and urge your members to support this important bill.

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Please support the Farm System Reform Act

Dear [Decision Maker],

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I'm writing to express my support of the Farm System Reform Act.

Specifically, the bill would place a moratorium on the expansion and creation of new large CAFOs. By 2040, no large CAFOs would be allowed to be in operation. (Large CAFOs are defined by the EPA based on the number of animals contained in the operation.)

The bill also holds corporate entities responsible for the massive amounts of pollution and waste generated by CAFOs. As it currently stands, large transnational companies contract with local operate CAFOs according to the companies specifications, but it is the growers who are legally responsible for the pollution generated by the operation. The new bill would transfer this responsibility to the parent company.

The bill allots $100 million over ten years for a voluntary buyout program for farmers who want to leave the CAFO business. This fund would also offer transition assistance to famers who want to start a pasture-based livestock operation, grow specialty crops, or start an organic operation.

Finally, the bill restores mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for beef and pork and expands it to include dairy products. It also prevents foreign meat from carrying the "Product of USA" label.

The provisions in this bill mark some positive first steps to reforming our broken agricultural system. CAFOs have come to dominate meat production in the US, but consumers are becoming increasingly wary of these operations, especially as reports come out about the abuse of animals that happens at CAFOs--and which some states work to suppress through "ag-gag" laws.

For these reasons, please support this important bill.

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