January 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The incoming Trump Administration could reform the nation’s industrial agriculture system. Steps include ending foreign farmland ownership, blocking a USDA rule mandating electronic ID tags on livestock, supporting low-wage farmworkers, and ending lobbying by global food corporations. Joe Maxwell with Farm Action says West Virginia voters overwhelmingly support reforms to break up major corporations' hold on the nation’s food system.

“Eighty-eight percent of rural voters in battleground states during this last election cycle say they would be more favorable toward a candidate who supports cracking down on meat processing monopolies and ensuring local businesses can compete.”