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Group says FTAs push small farms out of business
The National Family Farm Coalition expressing their disappointment with Congress approving those free trade agreements with Panama, Columbia and South Korea. The group says the free trade deals are not fair and are especially hard on small farmers. They say the U.S. has lost 300,000 family farms since NAFTA was approved. NFFC vice president Dena Hoff says “Instead of supporting localized food production and food sovereignty, the plan is to export highly processed foods that simply add to the pockets of transnational corporations.”
Answer this NFFC: How many family farms were lost in the same number of years before NAFTA was passed?
I don’t think NFFC has the research to say with any certainty that NFTA led to the demise of 300,000 farms.
NFFC is just generating controversy in an effort to appear relevant.