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USDA Will Cut Off Farm Subsidies to City Slickers

February 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

USDA to cut off subsidies to city slickers – By Bill Tomson, Politico The Agriculture Department is getting ready to tell a lot of people who’ve been getting farm [...]

National Farmers Union Comments on Anti-Farmer Appropriations Bill

December 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

NFU Strongly Objects to Anti-Family Farmer Provisions Snuck Into Appropriations Bill WASHINGTON (Dec. 10, 2014) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson and [...]

Sustainable Agriculture Policy Updates from April 1-6 2014

April 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

Policy and Politics: Updates from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) from the Week of April 1st-6th, 2014 FSMA News: Big Week for Animal Food [...]

Uncertain Future for 2013 Farm Bill

June 22, 2013 // 2 Comments

House Fails to Pass Farm Bill The House of Representatives failed to pass their version of the 2013 farm bill by a vote of 195-234 on Thursday June 20. This vote comes about [...]

New House Agriculture Chair Wants Farm Bill Obama Will Sign

December 16, 2010 // 0 Comments

Rep. Lucas Spells Out Goals: Incoming House Ag Chairman Wants a Farm Bill President Obama Would Sign (DTN Progressive Farmer) by Chris Clayton EXCERPT: Incoming House [...]

Small Farmers Being Priced out of Land by Investors

October 5, 2010 // 2 Comments

The BBC reports that across the world the market for farmland is hot, and investors are driving up prices in a way that small and beginning farmers are often not capable of [...]

Washington Post: Ms. Lincoln, in the Tall Cotton

August 28, 2010 // 0 Comments

Excerpt: “WHEN LAST WE checked on U.S. agricultural policy, the Obama administration was paying Brazil $147.3 million to settle its international trade lawsuit over [...]

Farm Bill Workshop in Seattle, August 8th

July 30, 2010 // 0 Comments

Community Farm Bill Workshop & Kick-off the formation of the Seattle Farm Bill Action Group! Sunday August 8, 4-6:30 pm, followed by a potluck See attached flier & [...]

Weekly Roundup (NSAC) – USDA, Ag Politics News

May 31, 2010 // 0 Comments

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Weekly Roundup USDA News 5/28/10 – 30 Days To Comment on VAPG Rule The long anticipated proposed rule for the Value-Added [...]

Weekly Political Roundup from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

April 18, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC): With Congress back in session, wheels began turning on the Senate food safety bill, S510. On Wednesday, we [...]