In a backroom deal announced today, the USDA agreed not to terminate the mandatory pork checkoff. The deal was made as part of a settlement to NPPC's lawsuit against USDA in U. S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our nation was formed because we were taxed while being denied democracy.
Democracy is our most basic right.
Rhonda Perry, a Missouri hog farmer and member of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, has been active in the three year effort to end the mandatory pork checkoff. NPPC and USDA have declared war against independent family farmers and democracy. This is a perfect example of why independent hog farmers voted to end the checkoff. The NPPC spends their time and our money to thwart democracy. The Campaign for Family Farms will oppose the NPPC's and USDA's settlement agreement in U. S. District Court in Grand Rapids Michigan.