In a guest commentary for the Columbia Missourian, Tim Gibbons, executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition, responds to claims by the industrial aquaculture industry that offshore fish farming will create new markets for soy and corn and help revive rural economies. He argues that:

• The MARA Act would benefit large agribusiness corporations, not independent family farmers.
• Creating new demand for soy and corn does not address the root causes of the farm crisis.
• Policies that promote corporate consolidation have contributed to the loss of family farms and rural economies.
• Farmers need fair markets and stronger safeguards—not another industrial market controlled by food monopolies.

Read the full commentary to learn why farmers aren’t buying the fish farm industry’s hype. →