2022 UPDATE:

As of July 13, 2021, the Farm System Reform Act has been re-introduced in the new Congress under S. 2332 and H.R. 4421 by Senator Cory Booker and Representative Ro Khanna respectively. The language of the bill is unchanged so we're keeping the letter the same, too. Contact Rebecca Wolf, Food Policy Analyst at rwolf@fwwatch.org to be removed from the letter. Thank you!

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Dear Member of Congress,

We write to express our strong support for the Farm System Reform Act (S. 2332 and H.R. 4421). We urgently need to overhaul the fundamental structure of our food system; the critical reforms in this legislation will help to accomplish that.

This visionary legislation meets the scale of action necessary to transform our farming and food system in a timeline that reflects the urgency of its problems. Small, independent farmers are in crisis as increasing concentration makes it impossible for them to get a fair price. The U.S. food system is dominated by factory farms that confine tens of thousands of animals in cramped, unsanitary conditions; these conditions place the safety of our food at risk, pollute our air and water, harm the welfare of animals and workers, extract wealth from rural communities, increase the risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria and increase corporate control of our food. Multiple policy failures including weak environmental rules (and lax enforcement), farm policy that prioritizes overproduction of corn and soy to feed factory farmed animals, and failed antitrust policy that has allowed a handful of meat companies to dominate the marketplace and drive independent livestock producers out of business have led us to this point.

This model is not an accident. It is an intentional consolidation and corporate grab of resources designed to benefit the biggest players in the agricultural industry-- at the expense of the rest of us. But the Farm System Reform Act can fix it.

This legislation will revitalize independent family farm agriculture and rural communities by:

--- Placing a moratorium on new and expanding large factory farms
--- Phasing out existing large factory farms by 2040
--- Holding corporate integrators responsible for harm caused by factory farms
--- Providing a $100 billion voluntary buyout program for contract farmers who want to
      transition away from factory farms
--- Strengthening the Packers & Stockyards Act to protect family farmers and ranchers
--- Restoring mandatory Country of Origin Labeling for meat
--- Prohibiting USDA from labeling foreign imported meat products as “Product of USA”

This visionary legislation will benefit independent farms, rural communities, food safety, our air and water, and the welfare of animals. It’s time to ban new and expanding factory farms and build a better future.

We urge you to co-sponsor the Farm System Reform Act today.

Signed,

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Below are the 2020 signatories for your reference. Please sign or reconfirm for 2021.
2020 National Groups (64):

350.org 
401+Years
American Grassfed Association
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Animal Welfare Institute
ASPCA
CatholicNetwork.US
Center For Biological Diversity
Center For Food Safety
The Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
CreatureKind
Compassion in World Farming USA
Cultivate America
Earthjustice
Encompass
ENVIRONEERS
Environmental Integrity Project
Environmental Working Group
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
Fair World Project
Family Dairy Farms LLC
Family Farm Action
Family Farm Defenders
Farm Forward
Food & Water Action
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)
Food Chain Workers Alliance
Food Integrity Campaign
Friends of the Earth
GreenFaith
HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance
Humane Farming Association
Humane Society of the United States
The Humane League
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Jewish Initiative for Animals
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Mercy For Animals
National Resources Defense Council
National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association
Organic Consumers Association
Oxfam America
People's Action
Popular Resistance
Presentation Sisters
Progressive Democrats of America
Public Justice
Rapid Shift
Seeding Sovereignty
Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy
Sierra Club
Slow Food USA
Slow Food Youth Network USA
Socially Responsible Agricultural Project
Stray Dog Institute
Sunrise Movement
Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry
Waterkeeper Alliance
Wild Farm Alliance
Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN)
World Animal Protection
Youth Lobby for Animal-Free Farms
Zero Hour


2020 State and Local Groups (204):

100 Grannies for a Livable Future, Iowa
350 Seattle, Washington
350 Chicago, Illinois
Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie, Ohio
Altamaha Riverkeeper, Georgia
Animals Are Sentient Beings, Inc., Massachusetts
Assateague Coastal Trust, Maryland
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana
Banks of the Wabash, Inc., Wabash Riverkeeper, Indiana
Berks Gas Truth, Pennsylvania
Better Path Coalition, Pennsylvania
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Alabama
Bronx Climate Justice North, New York
Broome Tioga Green Party, New York
Bucks Environmental Action, Pennsylvania
Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, Arkansas
Cahaba Riverkeeper, Alabama
Call to Action Colorado, Colorado
Calusa Waterkeeper, Florida
Cape Fear River Watch, North Carolina
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, North Carolina
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, Maryland
Central Jersey Environmental Defenders, New Jersey
Central Maryland Beekeepers Association, Maryland
Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, CA
Church Women United, New York
Choctwhatchee Riverkeeper, Alabama
Climate Stewards of Greater Annapolis, Maryland
Collier County Waterkeeper Inc., Florida
Columbia Riverkeeper, Oregon
Community Action Works , New England
Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs, Maryland
Contract Poultry Growers Association of the Virginias, Virginia
Coosa Riverkeeper, Alabama
Crate Free Illinois, Illinois
Crawford Stewardship Project, Wisconsin
CreatureKind, Florida
Crossroads Group of the Sierra Club, Michigan
Cultivate Oregon
Cultivate KC, Missouri
Dakota Resource Council, North Dakota
Dakota Rural Action, South Dakota
Des Moines County Farmers and Neighbors for Optimal Health, Iowa
Dodge County Concerned Citizens, Minnesota
Earth Action, Inc. Florida
Farm Fresh Atlas of Wisconsin, Wisconsin
Flatbush Tenant Coalition, New York
FLOW For Water, Michigan
Franklin County Local Food Council, Ohio
FreshWater Accountability Project, Ohio
Friends of Family Farmers, Oregon
Friends of Hurricane Creek, Alabama
Gas Free Seneca, New York
GC Resolve, Nebraska
Government Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.
Grand Riverkeeper, Oklahoma
Green Party of Butler and Venango Counties, Pennsylvania
GROW North Texas, Texas
Golden Ponds Farm, Wisconsin
Good Stewards of Rockingham, North Carolina
Hasting Heritage Farm, Nevada
Haw River Assembly, North Carolina
Hazon, New York
Hoosier Environmental Council, Indiana
Hope's Harvest RI, Rhode Island
Howard County Climate Action, Maryland
The HUB for Progress, PA
Humane Farming Association, Montana
iEat Green, New York
Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, Idaho
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
Indian Nations Conservation Alliance, Montana
Indiana Farmers Union
Interfaith Earth Network of Southeastern Wisconsin
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Iowa
Jewish Climate Action Network, Massachusetts
Kentucky Riverkeeper, Kentucky
Kewaunee CARES, Wisconsin
Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Lake Erie Watershed
The Land Connection, Illinois
Land Stewardship Project, Minnesota
Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper, Utah
Los Angeles Waterkeeper, California
Lower Ohio River Waterkeeper, Indiana/Kentucky
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, Pennsylvania/Maryland
Marcellus Outreach Butler, Pennsylvania
Maryland Conservation Council
Maryland Legislative Coalition
Maryland Pesticide Education Network
Massachusetts Avenue Project Inc., New York
Midwest Environmental Advocates, Wisconsin
Midwest Environmental Justice Organization, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Wisconsin
Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper, Missouri
Missouri's Food for America, Missouri
Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition, New Hampshire
Montana Organic Association, Montana
MountainTrue, North Carolina
Mountain Watershed Association, Pennsylvania
Nature Coast Conservation, Inc., Florida
NC Environmental Justice Network, North Carolina
Nebraska Communities United , Nebraksa
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE), New York
North Sound Baykeeper, Washington
North Bronx Racial Justice, New York
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, Idaho
Occupy Bergen County, New Jersey
Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Georgia
Oklahoma Stewardship Council, Oklahoma
Oregon Rural Action, Oregon
OVEC-Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia
Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability, Texas
Pax Christi USA, Iowa
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Arizona Chapter
Pennsylvania Farmers Union
People Demanding Action, Tucson Arizona
Pittsburgh Food Policy Council, Pennsylvania
Planting Justice, California
Poweshiek CARES, Iowa
Progressive Women’s Party, Michigan
Project CoffeeHouse, Pennsylvania
Pu'u O Kumau Ranch, Hawaii
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Washington
Rachel Carson Council, Maryland
RegeNErate Nebraska , Nebraska
Reviving Our American Democracy, Michigan
RI Food Dealers Association, Rhode Island
Rio Valle Concerned Citizens, New Mexico
Roots, Fruits and Shoots, Ohio
Russian Riverkeeper, California
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, Texas
San Francisco Baykeeper, California
San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition, Colorado
Seneca Lake Guardian, New York
Sentinels of Eastern Shore Health (SESH), Maryland
Slow Food Athens, GA
Slow Food Atlanta, GA
Slow Food Austin, TX
Slow Food California, CA
Slow Food Charleston, SC
Slow Food Chicago, IL
Slow Food DC
Slow Food Denver, CO
Slow Food DFW, TX
Slow Food East Bay, CA
Slow Food Hawaii, HI
Slow Food Illinois, IL
Slow Food Middle Tennessee, TN
Slow Food New York State
Slow Food North Louisiana, LA
Slow Food North Shore, New York
Slow Food NYC, New York
Slow Food Philadelphia, PA
Slow Food PHX, AZ
Slow Food Portland, OR
Slow Food Russian River, CA
Slow Food St. Louis, MO
Slow Food San Francisco, CA
Slow Food Santa Fe, NM
Slow Foos Seacoast, NH
Slow Food Sonoma County North, CA
Slow Food South Bay, California
Slow Food Tetons, WY
Slow Food Twin Cities, MN
Slow Food Utah, UT
Slow Food Vegas, NV
Slow Foods Washington, WA
Slow Food Wayne - Fort Wayne, IN
Slow Food Western Slope, CO
Sisters of Charity Federation, New York
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Snake River Waterkeeper, Idaho
Southern Boone County Farmers and Neighbors, Iowa
Spokane Riverkeeper, Washington
Stop Fracking Long Beach, California
Sunrise Movement Baltimore, Maryland
The Sugar Beet Food Co-op, Illinois
Sunray Farm, California
Sunrise NYC, New York
Sussex Health & Environmental Network, Delaware
Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network, Wisconsin
Sustainable Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Tennessee Clean Water Network, Tennessee
Toxics Information Project (TIP), Rhode Island
Tualatin Riverkeepers, Oregon
Twin Harbors Waterkeeper, Washington
UCC Penn Central Conference Creation Justice Ministry Team, Pennsylvania
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Montana
Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, North Carolina
Unitarian Universalist PA Advocacy Network (UUPLAN), Pennsylvania
Urban Farming Education, Arizona
Vegan Spirituality-Southwest PA, Pennsylvania
Virginia Pipeline Resisters, Virginia
Waccamaw Riverkeeper, South Carolina/ North Carolina
Wall of Women, Colorado
Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Washington, D.C.
Waterkeepers Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii  
Western Colorado Alliance, Colorado
Wilderness Society, Pennsylvania
Winyah Rivers Alliance, North Carolina/South Carolina
Women’s Progressive Party, Michigan
Worth County Citizens for Responsible Agriculture, Iowa