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NFFC Supports Interim Final Rule for Livestock Growers

NFFC June 15, 2017NFFC Weighs In

NFFC urges you to allow the Interim Final Rule (IFR) to become effective immediately. The Fair Farmer Practices Rules will protect family farmers and ranchers from abusive and anti-competitive practices, but their implementation has been delayed again and again. It is time for family farmers and ranchers to receive these very basic protections for which they have waited far too long while meatpackers and processors consolidate and exert even more power over their livelihoods as well as our food system.

NFFC and Allies Reject NAFTA to USTR

NFFC June 13, 2017NFFC Weighs In

NAFTA should be replaced with a different agreement with the goal of increasing living standards in all three countries. Any provisions related to agriculture must start from a goal of rebuilding farm and food systems to support fair and sustainable rural economies and food supplies.

Groups Seek Attention to Mergers in DOJ Hearing

NFFC May 10, 2017NFFC Weighs In

We are a group of 137 farmer, consumer, and environmental groups deeply concerned about growing concentration in the agricultural products sector and, in particular, about the proposed merger of Monsanto Company and Bayer AG.

NFFC and Allies Oppose Coordinated Framework Process in Letter and Press Release

NFFC August 5, 2016NFFC Weighs In

The undersigned farmer and public interest organizations are writing to express our deep disappointment with both the stated goals and the public engagement process led by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) regarding the proposed modernization of federal regulation of biotechnology known as the Coordinated Framework.

Farm, Faith and Rural Groups Oppose TPP to Congress

NFFC April 29, 2016NFFC Weighs In

The undersigned 161 farm, food, rural and faith groups urge you to reject the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.

Sustainable Agriculture, Faith and Rural Organizations Express Opposition to TPP

NFFC April 19, 2016NFFC Weighs In

We write to you as development, faith-based and sustainable agriculture organizations concerned about the potential impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on food security and sustainable development in the member countries and around the world. Many of us work closely with partners in developing countries and have witnessed the devastating impacts of previous free trade agreements on small-scale farmers and their communities. We urge you to reject the TPP.

NFFC Fights for 2501 Program in Letter to President Obama

NFFC July 28, 2015NFFC Weighs In

NFFC joined over 110 organizations in a letter to President Obama to restore funding for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in FY 2017.

NFFC President Urges House to Oppose HR 1599, DARK Act

NFFC July 22, 2015NFFC Weighs In

For non-GMO farmers, H.R. 1599 would be disastrous as it would preempt laws designed to protect them from GMO contamination of their fields. Without strong regulations and oversight, farmers’ crops and livelihoods are at risk in ways that they, their families and their communities cannot afford.

NFFC and Affiliate Organizations Oppose the DARK Act

NFFC May 14, 2015NFFC Weighs In

NFFC and 327 groups from around the nation wrote a letter to both the House and the Senate opposing the Deny Americans the Right-to-Know (DARK) Act. This legislation would deny states the right to require labeling of genetically modified food, would prevent the FDA from mandating GMO labeling in the future and would allow foods containing genetically engineered ingredients to be labeled “natural.” The Senate letter is listed below and you can find the House letter here.

NFFC and Allies Send Letter to Congress: Fast Track a Bad Deal

NFFC April 14, 2015NFFC Weighs In

NFFC Among Orgs Asking President Obama to Protect Pollinators

NFFC March 4, 2015NFFC Weighs In

Groups raise concerns about neonicotinoids and their effects on bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

Group Coalition Letter Opposing Changes to COOL

NFFC December 2, 2014NFFC Weighs In

The undersigned 207 farm, ranch, rural, faith, labor, environmental, farmworker, manufacturing and consumer organizations urge the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee to reject any effort to weaken, suspend or rescind mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) in the upcoming legislation to provide funding for the federal government for the remainder or part of Fiscal Year 2015.