Family Farm Organizations From US, Canada Oppose New NAFTA
November 29, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The reworked agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico neglects the demands of farm groups MINNEAPOLIS—The original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been devastating for family farmers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It has promoted global agribusiness interests at the cost of family farmers and contributed to ...
Current Farm Policy Direction Hurts Family Farmers
National Family Farm Coalition points to alternate way forward for strong farm bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2018 Contact: Siena Chrisman, Communications Advisor, (917) 821-9631, siena@nffc.net Statement from National Family Farm Coalition: As the farm bill conference committee attempts to finalize the bill before the end of the current Congress, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) urges the federal ...
Family Farmers Outraged by EPA Reapproval of Dicamba
Harmful pesticide that has damaged millions of acres, hurt farmer livelihoods should not be approved for two more seasons. For Immediate Release: November 2, 2018 Contact: Siena Chrisman, NFFC Communications Advisor, siena@nffc.net, (917) 821-9631 National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) is outraged that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewed registration of Xtendimax, Monsanto’s (now Bayer) dicamba-based herbicide. The ...
Family Farmers: New Trade Deal Is More of the Same
New USMCA will not help US farmers and will harm dairy farmers in Canada FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2018 National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) is disappointed that the renegotiation of the trilateral North American trade deal now known as the US-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) has again put the financial interests of multi-national corporations ahead of family farmers, ...
Family Farmers Urge New Direction for Farm Bill
National coalition praises details, criticizes big picture as conference committee begins deliberations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2018 The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) today urged the farm bill conference committee to craft a strong farm bill that will support family farmers and restore rural prosperity. In a letter to the committee as it convened its first meeting ...
Farmers Need Fair Prices, Not NAFTA-Lite and Meager Tariff Aid
Trump Administration measures announced this week will not return prosperity to rural America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 29, 2018 WASHINGTON, DC: This week, the Trump Administration announced a “handshake” deal with Mexico for a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and released details of the first payout of the $12 billion aid package to farmers hurt ...
Comments on USDA Milk Purchasing Program
August 17, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new program to purchase fluid milk for distribution to The Emergency Food Assistance Program under Section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935. The agency will buy $50 million worth of fluid milk for distribution to food banks and other ...
NFFC Statement on $12 Billion Trade Bailout
Family Farmers and Ranchers Seek Economic Empowerment, not Taxpayer Bailout While the White House and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) debate ways to spend $12 billion of taxpayers’ money, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) reiterates its position that family farmers don’t need a short-term bailout — they need systemic changes leading to long-term stability and ...
Diverse Rural Farmer and Community Groups Praise Bipartisan Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill
Contact: Quinton Robinson, National Family Farm Coalition, QuintonnRobinson@nffc.net, (703) 975-4466 Lorette Picciano, Rural Coalition, lpicciano@ruralco.org, (703)624-8869 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2018 Two national organizations representing thousands of rural farmers and communities today commended the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 released by the Senate Agriculture Committee on Friday. The Rural Coalition and National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) applaud the Committee, ...
Family Farmers Applaud Defeat of Regressive House Farm Bill
Group Encourages Congress to Draft New Bill to Support Family Farmers, SNAP Recipients Contact: Siena Chrisman, (917) 821-9631, sienachrisman@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2018 WASHINGTON: National Family Farm Coalition is encouraged by the bipartisan defeat of the farm bill in the House of Representatives today. The proposed legislation offered little to support family farmers, while proposing punitive ...
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