Speak Out to Stop the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (Formerly the EATS Act)

UPDATE (4/08/25): A new version of the EATS Act has been reintroduced under a new name: the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326).

UPDATE (9/10/23): Representatives in the United States Senate are fighting to stop the EATS Act. A bipartisan group of 30 United States Senators recently sent a bipartisan letter sent to the Senate Agricultural Committee opposing the inclusion of the “Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act” in the 2023 Farm Bill. The letter explains that the bill “would harm America’s small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders” read their letter here.

A sinister and dangerous threat is looming over our nation's animals, and we need your voice to fight back! The Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326), formerly known as the EATS Act, has recently been reintroduced in Congress, putting animals at risk across the country. We can't let this happen!

The authors of this bill likely hope that changing its name will help them avoid the negative attention this disastrous law garnered in the last legislative session. They are mistaken. We will continue to fight this horrible bill, no matter how they try to rebrand it.

The Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326) is a heartless assault on animal welfare. If it passes, it will trample states' rights, preventing them from banning products on cruelty grounds. This means waving goodbye to states' power to protect animals and enforce stronger agricultural and farmed animal welfare standards. 

This isn't just an attack on laws; it's an attack on compassion and hard-won progress. Imagine the suffering: intelligent pigs, graceful chickens, and innocent baby cows trapped in extreme confinement cages, unable even to turn around. We’ve been working to move away from these cruel practices—but this bill would halt that progress and push us in the wrong direction.

But that's not all. This cruel act threatens laws that shield dogs from puppy mill horrors, laws that spare animals from cruel testing, and even policies that protect the environment. It's a reckless race to the bottom—compromising animal welfare, food safety, and environmental protection.

This law is so awful that both farmers and animal activists alike have been opposing it for years. Yet corrupt politicians continue to push a bill that benefits massive, monopolistic farms and endangers everything we've fought for.

We can't stand by and let this happen.

Take Action Now

Join Species Unite and raise your voice against this injustice - tell Congress loud and clear to reject the Food Security and Farm Protection Act!

Speak Out:

Further action:

Please also consider reaching out to your state Senators using this link. Simply type in your zip code and your state representatives will appear, your two state Senators should be at the top of the list of representatives next to each person’s photo there will be a contact link. This will take you to their individual contact page where you can fill out an online form asking them to oppose The Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326).

You can send a note as simple as:

Dear Representative [insert Name],

I am your constituent, and I am writing to urge you to oppose The Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326). This bill is an example of extreme overreach which violates the rights of individual states to make their own laws. This bill is designed to circumvent democratically enacted laws to protect animals such as California’s prop 12 which was upheld by the Supreme Court, and it would erase hundreds of protections for animals from the worst forms of cruelty such as the extreme confinement of farmed animals, the abuse of dogs in puppy mills, and the torture of animals in testing laboratories. This law is an affront to democracy and morally bankrupt. Please do the right thing, respect states’ rights, and say no to S.1326.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]