NFFC Statement on CARES Act Implementation
May 29, 2020 As the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) begins to make funds available from the CARES Act $16 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) fears that the relief will not go to the producers hardest hit by the effects of the pandemic. While the CARES Act expressly stipulated that ...
Farm and Environmental Organizations Rebuke New USDA Regulatory Review
Washington, D.C. — Today, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released their official rules revising federal regulation of genetically engineered (GE) organisms. Under the new federal rules, USDA has significantly reduced its regulatory responsibility for GE organisms. Instead, industry developers will be able to “self-determine” whether or not their engineered plant products should be subjected ...
Groups call on Harvard University to Stop Land Grabs
May 12, 2020 | ActionAid USA and Brazil, Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard, Friends of the Earth U.S., GRAIN, Grassroots International, National Family Farm Coalition, Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos Rural communities in Brazil are suffering from food shortages, chemical pollution and violent human rights abuses because of large land deals made by Harvard University ...
Family Farmers Respond to Dairy Industry Milk Supply Proposal, Urge Changes
Aid must support vulnerable farmers and consumers, not megafarms and corporations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2020 Contact: Siena Chrisman, siena@nffc.net National Family Farm Coalition today released a statement in response to this week’s “Milk Crisis Plan for USDA,” authored by the two largest U.S. dairy trade groups to address the dairy industry’s catastrophic losses due to the COVID-19 ...
Statement on the COVID-19 Stimulus Package
National Family Farm Coalition statement on the COVID-19 stimulus package currently before Congress: NFFC is pleased that agriculture is specifically included in the current COVID-19 stimulus package, including significant funding for producers whose local markets have been impacted by the virus. However, we are concerned about the lack of clear directives for how that funding will ...
FAMILY FOOD PRODUCERS AND ANTI-HUNGER ADVOCATES URGE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SUPPLY CHAINS IN NEXT STIMULUS BILL
Today, NFFC joined Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA), Farm Aid, WhyHunger, HEAL Food Alliance, and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) in releasing a set of policy asks for Congress that would allocate funds to directly invest in communities to build out critical infrastructure between local and regional food producers and families in ...
NFFC and IATP Release Report on Carbon Markets and Climate Policy
Contact: Cecelia Heffron, 651-328-4706 cheffron@iatp.org February 5, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CARBON MARKETS HAVE NO PLACE IN CLIMATE POLICY, WILL NOT HELP AGRICULTURE A new factsheet released by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) warns of the ineffectiveness of carbon markets and how they will not help agriculture. MINNEAPOLIS—Carbon markets have ...
New Trade Deal Will Hurt, Not Help, Farmers and Rural America
National Family Farm Coalition opposes finalization of US-Mexico-Canada Agreement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2019 Contact: Siena Chrisman, (917) 821-9631, siena@nffc.net WASHINGTON – National Family Farm Coalition, representing farmer, rancher, fisher, and rural groups in over 40 states, opposes the modified US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) released this week by the House of Representatives and the White House. While the negotiators ...
Civil Society Organizations Demand US Promote Agroecology
Regional UN Consultation Offers Opportunity for US Government to Address Rural Concerns, Corporate Concentration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2019 Washington, DC – The National Family Farm Coalition and other members of North America’s Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) will participate in the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security’s (CFS) North American regional consultation on the Voluntary Guidelines ...
Organizers Offer ‘Food Solutions Forum’ Overview
Food Solutions Forum Tuesday, Nov. 5, 10am-1pm University of New Hampshire-Durham #foodsolutionsforum Contact: Sarah Laeng-Gilliatt and Roger Fisk – 603-933-1639 We all have to eat. But there is much more to that burger, lobster, gallon of milk, or head of lettuce than meets the eye. What we eat, how we eat, how much we eat, and even where we eat has ...
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