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Coalition Letter Regarding Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act

NASDA

The proposed amendment attempts to attach the so-called Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act (or “OFF Act”), to the spending bill. Specifically, we wish to raise concerns with Amendment #1097 as submitted by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. If enacted, this amendment would substantially undermine our members’ ability to promote U.S.

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Michigan Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program

ATTRA

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

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Letter regarding the Spartz Amendment on Checkoff Programs

NASDA

4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Chairman, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA The Honorable Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA The Honorable Glenn “G.T.”

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Letter Opposing Spartz Amendment on “Checkoff” Programs

NASDA

4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Letter RE: Coalition Urges Opposition to Spartz Amendment (Submitted #113; Rules Print #76) to H.R.

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20 Books Shaping Our View of Food Systems to Read this Winter

Food Tank

offers a vision of an agriculture system that is regenerative and free of factory farming systems. A Bold Return to Giving A Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food by Will Harris When author Will Harris inherited his family’s farm, he also took on the conventional practices that came with it.

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The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History

Civil Eats

He didn’t travel to the rural area for any of his job responsibilities; he was there to document injustice. But four months into the job, he decided to come forward as whistleblower, exposing what he says are the deplorable and unsanitary conditions in one of India’s largest shrimp manufacturers.

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Industry Ag News 9/22

Agwired

Farm Foundation , an accelerator of practical solutions for agriculture, is pleased to announce the call for nominations for its 2024 annual suite of awards celebrating significant achievements in the agriculture and food sectors. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers honored U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), million to $370.9