“…Today in Missouri, as wll as Oklahoma, Indiana, and two other states, corporate agriculture is trying to put their guarantee to farm in state constitutions…” – former Missouri Lieutenant Governor Joe Maxwell.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C101457 07/08/2014 MISSOURI FARMERS CARE Missouri Egg Council, Inc. 1000 W. Nifong Blvd Bldg 5 Columbia MO 65203 7/7/2014 $10,000.00

C101457 07/08/2014 MISSOURI FARMERS CARE FCS Financial 1934 E. Miller Jefferson City MO 65101 7/8/2014 $30,000.00

[emphasis added]

It must be nice that someone cares, in $10,000.00 increments.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: $110,000.00 for something they really care about (January 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Food fight! (May 28, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Because, across Missouri, family farms are being supplanted by… (June 24, 2014)

Campaign Finance: as if yard signs were actually a cash crop for actual farmers… (June 28, 2014)

Utilizing the First Amendment to challenge our oppressive corporate overlords… (July 2, 2014)

Joe Maxwell – “No” on Amendment No. 1 (July 8, 2014)