Multinational corporations, environmental zealots, foreign interests, and pay-for-play experts have run a well-organized, well-funded opposition campaign to modern-day agriculture for years. Their multi-million-dollar paid and earned media efforts have demonized farmers and ranchers for being "giant agribusinesses." Ironically, the agricultural community lacks the resources to match their opponents' efforts.

Hopefully, the profiles below will shed some light on the groups behind theses attacks and help reporters better know their sources.

If it Walks Like a Duck
One look at the smiles on Hill staffers' faces and you would've thought Christmas came early this year. But it wasn't Santa delivering the goodies—it was the Cato Institute. And it wasn't presents causing the commotion—it was a royalty-like spread of food, a rarity on Capitol Hill since stringent lobbying standards were passed.
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An Ironic Twist
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) caused quite a stir in rural America when it released its farm subsidy database in 2004. Farmers were justifiably mad that their personal financial information was being aired publicly...
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Big Grocery Bills Meet Big Lobbying Dollars
It's not often that a United States Senator becomes so enraged with a trade association that he'll march to the Senate floor and rail on the group for more than half an hour.
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