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  • Food Solutions Forum Analysis for New Hampshire

    November 5, 2019

    ‘New Hampshire Farm, Fish & Food Economy’ was released in conjunction with the Food Solutions Forum held at UNH-Durham on November 5, 2019. Author Ken Meter, director and lead researcher of Crossroads Resource Center, analyzed state, regional, and federal government data to assess the socio-economic-physical health of the state and offer suggestions for family farmers ...

  • The Food from Family Farms Act: Ensuring a “Living Wage” for Family Farmers

    August 30, 2019

    The Food from Family Farms Act: Ensuring a “Living Wage” for Family Farmers

    For more than 30 years, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) has been at the forefront of efforts to restore a truly just, sustainable, and effective farm bill. NFFC’s proposal, the Food from Family Farms Act, is the leading alternative to current farm policy, which is often expensive, inequitable, irrational, and unprofitable for all in ...

  • Preventing Black Land Loss through Heirs Property Eligibility

    December 14, 2017

    Originally posted by the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund during the 2018 Farm Bill negotiations. Black Land Loss Prevention Land is one of the greatest and most valuable assets African American farmers possess.  Black farmland ownership, which peaked in 1910 at 16 to 19 million acres, has decreased to less than 3 million acres today. The ...

  • Brochure Explains Dicamba and 2,4-D Resistant Crops

    March 4, 2013

    Download an informative flyer about Dicamba and 2,4-D Resistant Crops: What You Need to Know  

  • TIAA-CREF and land grabs

    March 4, 2013

    TIAA-CREF and land grabs – Pension funds and other institutional investors like TIAA-CREF are grabbing U.S. farmland. Download the file.