Booker Introduces Legislation to Protect Farmland From Corporate Consolidation
July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023:
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Farmland for Farmers Act, legislation that would address rising rates of corporate farmland investment by limiting future ownership and leasing by corporate investors to ensure that farmland in the United States stays in the hands of farmers.
Farmland ownership has long been a source of wealth and power in rural . . .
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Farmland for Farmers Act, legislation that would address rising rates of corporate farmland investment by limiting future ownership and leasing by corporate investors to ensure that farmland in the United States stays in the hands of farmers.
Farmland ownership has long been a source of wealth and power in rural . . .