For years, small cranberry farmers in Massachusetts have sounded the alarm about the financial and regulatory burdens they face. But, Massachusetts lawmakers have refused to take action, killing agriculture bills that could have provided support to struggling family-owned bogs. Why? Follow the money. Big Ag has a stranglehold on policy decisions, funneling campaign contributions to legislators.

Let’s not sugarcoat it—Massachusetts lawmakers have abandoned small cranberry farmers in favor of corporate agricultural giants. They ignore their constituents, refuse to enact policies that protect small farms, and take campaign contributions from Big Ag while watching family-owned bogs disappear. Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly support preserving the state's cranberry bogs.

For generations, the Thompson family had fought through bitter winters and scorching summers to keep their family-owned Cape Cod cranberry farm alive—a farm that had once flourished with rich, ruby-red berries, feeding the Thanksgiving tables of New England for over a century. What it couldn’t survive was the blatant neglect of Massachusetts lawmakers who continually prioritize Big Agriculture.