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Press Release Archive (2006)
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September 30: Family Farmers Pose a Real Solution for the U.S. Food Supply, Environment, Public Health, and Rural Communities; Farmer Group Outlines What Our Nation Requires in the New Farm Bill (9.30.06) -As Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews perform at Farm Aid 2006 in Camden, New Jersey, George Naylor sings a tune that is pleasant to family farmers' ears as he announces the National Family Farm Coalition's Farm Bill Policy Statement. July 19: Administration Fails to Support Family Dairy Farmers (7.19.06) -The Dairy Subcommittee of the National Family Farm Coalition delivered a letter to President George W. Bush today requesting an official response as to why the Administration continues to do nothing to address the rampant corruption in the dairy industry. January 27: NFFC Dairy Subcommittee Members Discuss Agriculture Credit and a Mechanism of Oversight for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (1.27.06) -On behalf of the National Family Farm Coalition, dairy farmers John Bunting, Paul Rozwadowski, and Bryan Wolfe traveled to Washington, DC on January 19 from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio, respectively, to bring access to rural credit and an investigation of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) onto the radar screen of Congressional leaders.
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nffc@nffc.net ph (202) 543-5675 (c) 2008 National Family Farm Coalition
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