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Open Markets & Farm Action Grade the Biden Administration’s Progress on Food System Competition Executive Order

The anti-monopoly groups’ latest report card highlights what the administration must accomplish in its remaining 17 months on behalf of farmers, workers, eaters, and the U.S. economy 

WASHINGTON - Last summer, Farm Action and Open Markets Institute released our initial report card grading government agencies' progress toward the directives in President Biden’s 2021 executive order promoting competition throughout the economy.  

On July 17th, with only 17 guaranteed months remaining to deliver on the promises of the executive order, we checked in once again on the executive agencies’ progress on behalf of farmers, workers, & the American people. Our goal: to understand what the Biden administration must accomplish in its remaining time in office.  

This virtual event underscored the urgency to act, as the deadline swiftly approaches to make positive, lasting changes to our consolidated food system — that can't simply be nullified by the next administration. 


 Making the Grade? A 2023 Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition 

Anti-monopoly groups Farm Action and the Open Markets Institute will release their latest report card on the Biden administration’s trustbusting efforts in food and agriculture at a virtual event. 

 AGENDA

Welcome  
Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets Institute 

Angela Huffman, President and Co-founder, Farm Action 

A 2023 Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition 

Report Card Presentation and Q&A 

Sarah Carden, Policy Advocate, Farm Action 

Claire Kelloway, Food Systems Program Manager, Open Markets Institute  

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Farm Action is a farmer-led organization fighting corporate monopolies in agriculture. We envision a fair, sustainable, and healthy food system that empowers farmers, ranchers, and rural communities to feed their neighbors. 

Open Markets Institute is a team of journalists, researchers, lawyers, economists, and advocates working together to expose and reverse the stranglehold that corporate monopolies have on our country.  Learn more at www.openmarketsinstitute.org