FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong> March 5, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact: Levi Teitel, levi@progressmichigan.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n MICHIGAN<\/strong> \u2013 Upon the House Agriculture Committee voting to advance the Farm, Food and National Security Act (H.R. 7567), otherwise known as the farm bill, multiple Michigan organizations are expressing their opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCongress votes on a farm bill only once every half decade, so it\u2019s important to get it right the first time,\u201d said Bob Thompson, president of Michigan Farmers Union<\/strong>. \u201cIn many ways, this farm bill misses the mark. What the farm bill doesn\u2019t include are the fundamental changes needed to fix what’s broken in American agriculture \u2014 reining in corporate consolidation, building true safety nets, and investing in local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs families struggle to afford groceries and independent farms are on the brink of bankruptcy, House Republicans have proposed a farm bill that will only exacerbate this nationwide crisis,\u201d said Justin Mendoza, executive director of Progress Michigan<\/strong>. \u201cThis farm bill undermines renewable energy programs, strips funding for conservation programs, creates new environmental loopholes, and will allow taxpayer dollars to be funneled to wealthy corporate commodity farms. In other words, the farm bill is a MAGA wish list that\u2019s a giveaway to billionaires. Any farm bill that doesn\u2019t restore nutrition assistance program funding is an immediate non-starter. We are also disappointed with Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, who voted to advance this legislation in committee. Once the farm bill comes to the full house for a floor vote, our legislators must stand together against it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere are many things wrong with the farm bill,\u201d said Bee Friedlander, executive committee member of Michiganders for a Just Farming System<\/strong>. \u201cIt harms people, farmers, workers, the environment, rural communities, and animals. We emphasize the inclusion of the so-called \u2018Save the Bacon Act\u2019. This will eviscerate state and local laws, including California\u2019s Prop 12 and Michigan\u2019s cage-free law that provide some relief to farmed animals in the confinement agriculture (factory farm) system. It is based on misleading claims that farmers and producers are against these laws and want them repealed. In reality, many farmers have already adjusted to these new regulations. We are hearing that there may be pushback in the full House to this misguided bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about how Michigan has a special role in the farm bill process, go to progressmichigan.org\/farmbill<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ###<\/p>\n The post Congress Advancing Farm Bill Will Hurt Michiganders\u2014Both Rural and Urban<\/a> appeared first on Progress Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n
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