“We need transformational change in rural America.” Farmer Greg Gunthorp just revealed that farmers only get 14 cents of every dollar that consumers spend on food. Why? Corporate “consolidation and concentration.” The vast majority of farm profits are scooped up by a handful of massive corporations. “I think to fix the problems in rural America… there’s four means in which we make it so that local and regional processing and direct marketing is a possibility.” “Subsidy reform.” “Antitrust enforcement.” “Truth in labeling enforcement.” “Inspection reform.” “We can sit around and complain, and trust me, I do my fair share of that.” “The four packers own 86% of the beef supply.” “Almost half of the hog slaughter in the United States is controlled by foreign companies.” “We got to stay on these politicians and bureaucrats.” “They got to quit making every single decision… to encourage the status quo of agriculture.” “It’s time that they give independent agriculture some preferential treatment because I think that every consumer and every taxpayer expects that.” @GGunthorp @SawyerWhisler @TorkWhisler