Major agribusiness are pushing smallholder farmers out of business by taking over the whole production process and monopolising the market. This rise of corporate capture in the livestock farming sector has come hand-in-hand with accelerated environmental destruction, climate chaos and the exploitation of human rights.
The biggest corporations in the agribusiness sector, including Big Meat and Dairy, have been linked to a long list of harms, including unchecked carbon emissions, unfair business practices, exploitation of workers, disregard for animal welfare, air and water pollution, and lobbying against crucial climate policies for the sake of profit.
This brief lays out some examples of big businesses in the poultry and pig sector capitalising on destructive industrial agriculture, and how the European Union can defend a transition to a fair and sustainable farming sector.
