Fair Trade For Farmers

Current US agriculture policy allows agriculture products to be sold on the international market far below their cost of production which benefits mainly agribusiness corporations and very large farming operations. These policies allow these large players to buy cheap and sell across international borders wherever they can make the most profit, while underselling local farmers both in the U.S. and abroad, and intensifying rates of poverty since family farmers worldwide are unable to compete.

Read More:

• Family Farmers and Trade, National Family Farm Coalition
• CAFTA, Family Farmers and Food Security
• U.S., Mexican and Canadian Farmers and Agriculture
• A Flood of U.S. Corn Rips at Mexico, Michael Pollan, Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2004
• Mexico: Study Shows NAFTA Among Factors Which Have 'Impoverished' Farmers, BBC, April 9, 2004
• Down on the Farm: NAFTAs Seven-Years War on Farmers and Ranchers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
• More Articles on how trade policies affect Agriculture

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