021726 Tell Congress: Reject the GOP's Corporate Farm Bill

House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson just unveiled a devastating farm bill draft packed with industry-backed poison pills that favor corporate agribusiness over family farms, food safety, and public health.

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 faces markup on February 23. Critics call it "grotesque" and demand it be "dead on arrival."

What's at stake:

  • "Cancer Gag Act" shields pesticide companies from lawsuits by cancer victims

  • EPA gutted of authority to regulate pesticide pollution

  • Pesticide industry veto over endangered species protections

  • State animal welfare laws like California's Prop 12 overridden

  • $187 billion SNAP cuts left in place, deepening hunger for veterans and families

  • Factory farms proliferate while family farms collapse

  • Environmental catastrophe accelerating toward a "silent spring"

This is what happens when corporate ag gets what it paid for. A handful of conglomerates now control policies affecting every American's food supply—and our safety doesn't factor into the equation.

The Center for Biological Diversity warns this bill will "accelerate the flow of dangerous poisons into our nation's food supply and waterways." Family farm advocates say it "perpetuates the status quo that enriches corporate agribusiness" while rural communities collapse.

In solidarity,

Action Collective