New Legislation Reforms Farm Service Agency to Give Farmers a Fairer Chance
WASHINGTON, DC, July 28, 2023 – The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) and Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA (RAFI-USA) jointly celebrate the introduction of the Fair Credit for Farmers Act by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY). The Act improves access and accountability for the farm loan services offered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), a ...
New Legislation Will Safeguard Farmland from Further Corporate Land Grabs
Contact: Jordan Treakle National Programs & Policy Coordinator jordan@nffc.net 202-543-5675 New Legislation Will Safeguard Farmland from Further Corporate Land Grabs WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2023 – The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) enthusiastically supports The Farmland for Farmers Act of 2023, introduced today by Senator Cory Booker (NJ). As farmers and rural communities grapple with record high farmland ...
New Report Highlights Black Farmer Land Loss and Discrimination in Mississippi Delta
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jordan Treakle National Program Coordinator jordan@nffc.net (202) 543-5675 MARCH 6, 2022, WASHINGTON, DC – A new report, “Selling Out the Delta,” was released today by the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and NFFC member organization Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF). The report details ...
NFFC’s Progressive Farm Bill Platform Offers Policies Placing Family Farmers First
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jordan Treakle National Program Coordinator jordan@nffc.net (202) 543-5675 Antonio Tovar Senior Policy Associate antonio@nffc.net (202) 543-5675 NFFC’s Progressive Farm Bill Platform Offers Policies Placing Family Farmers First Washington, DC, February 23, 2023 – Today, the National Family Farm Coalition released its 2023 Farm Bill Platform urging lawmakers to pass a suite of policy proposals that prioritize consumers, family farmers and ranchers, and rural ...
NFFC Endorses Tax Forgiveness for Economically-Distressed Farmers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jordan Treakle National Programs Coordinator jordan@nffc.net (202) 543-5675 National Family Farm Coalition Endorses Tax Forgiveness for Economically-Distressed Farmers DECEMBER 12, 2022, WASHINGTON, DC – The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) fully supports the Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act introduced on December 8, 2022 by Senators Cory Booker, Debbie Stabenow, Raphael Warnock, and Tina Smith. This new ...
Prize Highlights Solutions to Worsening Hunger Crisis
Photo from Food Sovereignty Ghana. Contact: Antonio Tovar, National Family Farm Coalition Phone: 202-543-5675 (office); 954-260-4287 (cell) Email: antonio@nffc.net Prize Highlights Solutions to Worsening Hunger Crisis 14th Annual Food Sovereignty Prize honors Western Organization of Resource Councils and Food Sovereignty Ghana WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 5, 2022 — With recent spikes in food, fuel, and fertilizer prices raising alarms of intensifying hunger ...
Farm Debt Changes in Inflation Reduction Act Risk Undermining Racial Equity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jordan Treakle National Program Coordinator jordan@nffc.net, (202) 543-5675 Farm Debt Changes in Inflation Reduction Act Risks Undermining Racial Equity AUGUST 11, 2022, WASHINGTON, DC – The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) is disappointed by the Senate rescinding support for historically underserved farmers and other independent family-scale producers in the $700 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Passed by ...
NFFC Applauds Proposed Reforms for Contract Farmers
Image by Thomas Quinn from Pixabay. Washington, DC, May 26, 2022 – Today, the USDA released the first of three long-awaited proposals that aim to empower contract farmers. This proposal stems from an earlier promise to announce rule changes to the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act, which protects farmers and consumers from deceptive, unfair practices within ...
Dairy Farmers Finally Recognized, Rewarded in DairyAmerica Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Griffith, lisa@nffc.net, 773-319-5938 Washington, DC, March 25, 2022 – More than a decade after filing a lawsuit against DairyAmerica and California Dairies, dairy farmer plaintiffs from National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) member organizations received some long overdue resolution. Prior to the filing, NFFC’s Dairy Subcommittee provided multiple documents outlining dairy industry corruption to ...
Dairy Quotas Would Help Our Family Farms
Originally posted January 23, 2022, as a letter to the editor, Wall Street Journal: Canada’s supply-management system provides a positive example A recent ruling under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement fails to address the problems confronting dairy farmers in any meaningful way (“U.S. Wins Ruling on Canada Dairy Tariffs,” U.S. News, Jan. 5). On the contrary, it dismisses the ...
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