Farm to Table, Not Farm to Foreign Lobby: Rebuilding American Agriculture the Right Way

Let Americans farm again.

In Texas, we know where our food comes from—and we know it tastes better when it comes from down the road, not across an ocean. But over the years, the federal government has made it harder for local farmers to do business, while giving sweetheart deals to giant conglomerates and foreign-owned farms. That’s backwards.

We need a full-blown resurgence of locally owned and operated farms—not as a nostalgic throwback, but as a real economic engine. When we buy from Texas farmers, we keep our dollars local, improve our food quality, and strengthen our supply chain.

But here’s the rub--government red tape is choking these farmers. Why can’t a farmer in Lancaster sell produce to a local school district without going through mountains of paperwork and licensing nightmares? Why is it easier to import canned peaches from China than to sell fresh ones from East Texas?

If elected, I’ll push for:

1. Legislation to clear a path for local farms to sell directly to public schools and municipal agencies.

   
   

2. Tax breaks for small and mid-size farmers who sell within their county.

   
   

3. A “Texas First” produce program—modeled after farm-to-school initiatives—that cuts the federal bureaucracy out of the way.

Let’s feed our kids with food grown in our own soil. Let’s keep our farmers in business. And let’s stop letting out-of-state billionaires and foreign investors gobble up the land under our boots.

Like my granddad, Yank, used to say: “You don't let another man eat off your plate when your own kids are hungry.”

Stand with me to protect American farms and feed our future. Follow me on X @SholdonDaniels and support our campaign to bring agriculture back home.