NFFC Pressroom

100+ Groups Urge USDA to Suspend CAFO Loans (11.16.09) - Over 100 groups signed a letter to Secretary Vilsack urging the USDA to to immediately suspend all direct or guaranteed loans for the construction or expansion of specialized hog or poultry production facilities.

NFFC and 50-plus Groups Send Letter to Secretaries Vilsack and Geithner Urging Action on Farm Loans and Foreclosures (03.03.09)

Dairy

Nearly 60 Groups Send Letter to House Agriculture Committee and U.S Senate demanding Secretary Vilsack institute an emergency dairy price floor of $18 to stop the economic collapse of rural America (07.13.09)

NFFC Dairy Subcommittee Sends Letter to USDA Secretary Vilsack Requesting Implementation of 608c(18) to Adjust Farm Milk Prices (03.02.09)

Third Letter to Senator Leahy Requesting Hearings into Dairy Farmers of America (02.09.09)

Letter to Congress Urging Emergency Measures for Dairy in Economic Stimulus (1.29.08)

Joint Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Demanding Investigation Into Dairy Farmers of America (6.26.08)

Food Safety

Support Fresh, Safe Local Food in the Food Safety Bill (06.10.10) - Letter to Senators by 157 organizations urging support for amendments so as to improve food safety without unnecessarily burdening and handicapping small-scale, local food producers.

Food Safety Act Has Serious Flaws (11.10.09) - Organizations representing consumers, small farmers and ranchers, and local food producers wrote Senators to express their concerns over pending food safety legislation.

Food Speculation

Joint Letter to Urge President Obama to Curb Food Speculation to Fight Global Hunger Crisis (03.24.09)

GIPSA

Letter to Rep. Peterson and Rep. Lucas Urging Support for New Rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (USDA-GIPSA) (07.23.10)

Health Care

NFFC Urges Pelosi to Support Health Care Reform (11.10.09) - NFFC wrote Nancy Pelosi a letter urging her to vote for passage of H.R. 3962 – America's Affordable Health Choices Act – as it makes it way to the floor of the House of Representatives this weekend.

National Animal Identification System

Farmers Unite Against NAIS (11.18.09) - Family farmers joined food safety groups, sustainable agriculture advocates, and a variety of other organizations in signing letters urging Congress and the USDA to halt implementation of NAIS. Click here to read the letter to Congress, and here for the USDA letter.

Over 90 Farm, Consumer and Other Groups Request Zero Funding for Animal ID Program (9.22.09) - Over 90 organizations representing conventional farmers and ranchers, organic farmers, property rights activists, and consumers have sent a letter to Senate and House conferees for the Agriculture Appropriations bill urging them to zero out funding for the National Animal Identification System for 2010. NAIS will place undue burdens on America’s farmers and ranchers while doing nothing to address food safety and animal disease concerns.

80+ Groups Send Letter to Congress Demanding no New Funding for NAIS (07.07.09)

Joint Letter to Secretary Vilsack Opposing Further Implementation of NAIS (03.16.09)

Joint Letter to the U.S. Senate to request funding for NAIS be dropped from Omnibus Appropriations Bill (03.04.09)

Joint Letter to Senate Appropriations Requesting No Linkage Between NAIS and School Lunch Program (7.15.08)

Joint Letter to House Appropriations Requesting No Linkage Between NAIS and School Lunch Program (6.25.08)

Reserves

Joint Letter to Governments, UN Bodies and International Financial Institutions re: International Call for a Coordinated Approach to Food Reserves (06.01.10)

Joint Letter to Congress In Support of Reserves (4.28.08)

Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

Letter to Bonilla and DeLauro expressing thanks for US Department of Agriculture Programs that Benefit Minority, Small, and Limited Resource Farm Workers, Farmers, and Ranchers (3.08 06)

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