Tennessee’s Senator Marsha Blackburn isn’t mincing words — she’s taking a stand against what she calls one of the most dangerous, yet underreported, threats to America: the Chinese Communist Party quietly buying up U.S. farmland and resources.
This push comes as a growing number of red states finally wake up to the reality that foreign adversaries — especially the CCP — are embedding themselves in American communities, snapping up agricultural land, mineral resources, and even residential property. These purchases don’t just represent business deals; they represent potential national security vulnerabilities.
Blackburn’s newly introduced *Prohibition of Agricultural Land for Foreign Adversaries Act* aims to put a stop to it. Modeled in part after similar measures in Texas, the bill would block entities connected to the CCP, and other hostile foreign governments, from buying American farmland. Her proposal builds on the Trump administration’s earlier executive actions designed to keep America’s soil out of enemy hands.
In an August 1 press release, Blackburn’s office made the stakes clear: this legislation will “help identify vulnerabilities, close backdoor influence channels, and protect American land and institutions from adversarial exploitation.”
Blackburn herself sounded the alarm in blunt terms. “The United States cannot allow foreign adversaries like Communist China to quietly embed themselves in our communities and near our critical infrastructure,” she said.
She emphasized the growing danger of Chinese entities buying land suspiciously close to military bases, calling it a direct threat to America’s safety. “From Sister City agreements that legitimize hostile regimes, to opaque real estate purchases that demand greater transparency, to buying up farmland near our military bases, we have a responsibility to identify and address these threats,” she warned. “This legislative package shines a light on these activities and will help protect American property and sovereignty.”
The numbers are startling: the CCP already owns more than 370,000 acres of American farmland. Blackburn’s bill would slam the brakes on that trend by prohibiting nonresident aliens, foreign businesses, and anyone acting on behalf of adversarial governments from buying agricultural land in the United States.
Blackburn has also taken her fight to social media, hammering home the message that American farmland belongs to American farmers — not Beijing. “American farmland is for American farmers, not Communist China,” she wrote in one post on X. In another, she warned, “American farmers are under attack from CCP-connected entities… protecting our agricultural industry from the Chinese Communist Party’s control is essential.”
Her stance is resonating with Americans across the political spectrum. Some supporters argue her bill doesn’t go far enough, calling for a total ban on any foreign government — ally or enemy — owning U.S. land outside of strictly limited diplomatic purposes.
For Blackburn, the mission is clear: if America wants to protect its sovereignty, food security, and national defense, the time to act is now. And if that means taking on the CCP and its creeping land grab, she’s more than ready for the fight.
