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The US must cease its hypocritical opposition to Mexico’s domestic agricultural policies
If the Administration is exercising their rights to support “innovation, nutrition security, sustainability, and the mutual success of our farmers and producers”, they must also advance social justice, food sovereignty and environmental protections for all partners instead of a race to the bottom for the producers and workers providing our food.
Comments on the Implementation of Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
In order to achieve parity in our food system we must immediately, substantially, and permanently address issues of discrimination from the bottom up, from racial, ethnic, social, sexual inequalities, to the discrimination system of corporations against our individual agency and democracy.
Comments on Climate-Related Financial Risks: Carbon Markets
The USDA must finalize, implement, and enforce strong rules to protect the rights of poultry growers, improve competition and transparency, and firmly address exploitative practices in the poultry industry.
Comments on Fairness in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
The USDA must finalize, implement, and enforce strong rules to protect the rights of poultry growers, improve competition and transparency, and firmly address exploitative practices in the poultry industry.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Inflation Reduction Act’s Effects on US Agriculture
The Inflation Reduction Act is certainly an important piece of legislation, with many far-reaching impacts on the US food and agriculture sector. Not all of these impacts are good, however, and some are downright ugly.
Comments on Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
The USDA must finalize, implement, and enforce strong rules to protect the rights of poultry growers, improve competition and transparency, and firmly address exploitative practices in the poultry industry.
NFFC comments support Identifying Barriers at USDA Programs and Services
We strongly support initiatives that overcome a history of exploitation and white privilege, which are not only present in the Food System, but which can be historically traced in the nation’s agricultural foundation.
Comments to USDA-ARS on Supply Chains for Agricultural Commodities and Food Products
USDA should shift from a narrow food and agriculture value/supply chains focus to a more holistic food systems approach that recognizes the interwoven social, environmental, and economic factors inherent in how we produce and consume food and govern food systems at land and at sea.