MRCC was formed in 1985 by a group of farmers and rural Missourians organizing to save family farms during the Farm Crisis of the 1980s.

To preserve family farms, promote stewardship of the land and environmental integrity and strive for economic and social justice by building unity and mutual understanding among diverse groups, both rural and urban.

MRCC members work to counter failures of corporate driven farm and food policies and the corporate-controlled food system.

MRCC organizes with independent Missouri hog producers to grow and distribute sustainable alternatives to the corporate food supply system. 

This is one of the most important environmental, economic and social issues confronting rural communities is the future structure and practices of the livestock industry.  Will livestock be dispersed across the countryside on farms owned by local families or produced by absentee and often foreign corporations?

Free Trade policies have resulted in family farms getting paid less and put out of business, while fueling corporate control of U.S. and international commodity markets. MRCC members organize for fair trade policies.