The Bacon Wars: Pig Farmers Battle Tech Barons Over Animal Welfare
Tech donors raised $40 million to back front groups and ads opposing a Senate farm bill clause that would limit state livestock rules.
- Wealthy tech donors are bankrolling a $40 million campaign to block the "Save Our Bacon" clause in the Farm Bill, which seeks to prevent states from imposing livestock regulations on national markets.
- The conflict originated with California's 2018 Proposition 12, which mandates pregnant sows have at least 24 square feet of space. The Farm Bill clause seeks to stop states from extending such local rules nationwide.
- Front groups including the American Meat Producers Association and the Center for Responsible Food Business lead the opposition, utilizing funding from tech-backed entities like The Navigation Fund.
- Iowa pig farmer Rob Brenneman and other industry leaders criticize the campaign as misleading, arguing the "meat producers" branding masks the tech-driven, activist nature of the opposition movement.
- Farmers reject campaign narratives claiming Big Pork serves Chinese interests, viewing such messaging as distraction from the deeper ideological clash between tech-funded animal rights groups and traditional agriculture.
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Bacon wars: Pig farmers battling tech barons over animal welfare * WorldNetDaily * by James Varney. Real Clear Wire
(Photo by Joe Kovacs) It was a summer of surprises for Iowa pig farmer Rob Brenneman. It began when the 68-year-old, who also serves as president of the National Pork Producers Council, saw his photograph featured in an attack ad claiming the nation’s pork producers were in the pockets of Chinese Communists. Next, he learned that the ad was part of a campaign spearheaded by a recently created organization, the American Meat Producers Association…
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Campaign Against US Pork Producers Traced to Silicon Valley, Animal Rights Network
WASHINGTON — A new RealClearInvestigations (RCI) report links a $40 million campaign against a congressional fix to California’s Proposition 12 to Silicon Valley wealth, animal rights activists, and a network of philanthropic organizations operating behind groups that present themselves as voices for American farmers. In “The Bacon Wars: Pig Farmers Battle Tech Barons Over Animal […]
Multimillion-dollar Campaign Against US Pork Producers Traced to Silicon Valley and Animal Rights Network - Oklahoma Farm Report
A new RealClearInvestigations (RCI) report links a $40 million campaign against a congressional fix to California’s Proposition 12 to Silicon Valley wealth, animal rights activists, and a network of philanthropic organizations operating behind groups that present themselves as voices for American farmers. In “The Bacon Wars: Pig Farmers Battle Tech Barons Over Animal Welfare,” James
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