We are excited to announce that we will be collaborating with Farm Action in their work to make progressive changes to the 2023 Farm Bill. The Farm Bill—a massive piece of legislation that is revisited every five years—provides a unique opportunity to raise our voices and press our political leaders for change. It covers everything from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) to subsidies for corporate agribusiness to many other programs that either help or hinder access to locally grown, healthy, sustainably sourced crops and humanely raised animals.
We are fortunate to be joined by our friend, Joe Maxwell, who presented at one of our summits several years ago. Joe will provide background on the farm bill and share Farm Action’s time-sensitive strategy to encourage meaningful change in this next bill. Collaborating with Farm Action, we have a unique opportunity to engage in this critical campaign to advocate for justice in a dangerously consolidated industrial food system. Together, we can make progress and build a more diverse and independent future that will work for farmers, workers, the planet, and you!
Please join us for this engaging and timely summer event that you do not want to miss! We hope we can count on your participation to win the reforms we all support.
Tuesday, July 18 on Zoom
7:00pm Eastern | 6:00pm Central | 4:00pm Pacific
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Joe Maxwell
Chief Strategy Officer, Staff
Secretary and Treasurer, Board of Directors
Joe Maxwell is a co-founder of Farm Action. He focuses his work on a vision of an inclusive U.S. economy that works for all people, providing them an equitable opportunity to share in the prosperity they help build, rather than an economy that works for just a handful of individuals and multi-national corporations.
Joe has held key positions in both political and initiative petition campaigns. During the last election cycle, he assisted Presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives candidates in developing their antitrust, agriculture, and food policy positions.
Joe holds degrees in agriculture economics and law from the University of Missouri. He served as a Missouri state legislator, as Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor, and is retired from the Army National Guard, where he served as a First Sergeant in the Field Artillery.
Joe’s work has been profiled by The Hill, Huffington Post, Mother Jones, Politico, and The Nation. He has been cited by CNN, The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, and the Washington Post, among others.
Joe and his brother, Steve, are Missouri family farmers.