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Coalition Letter Regarding Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act

NASDA

Specifically, we wish to raise concerns with Amendment #1097 as submitted by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. The proposed amendment attempts to attach the so-called Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act (or “OFF Act”), to the spending bill.

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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 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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Letter Supporting Rural Veterinary Workforce Act

NASDA

Passage of the bill will also help each state address its needs for public practice veterinarians (food safety, public health, epidemiology, pathology, molecular diagnostics, virology, toxicology, immunology, bacteriology, serology, foreign animal disease preparedness, and livestock infectious diseases).

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

Food Tank

This winter, Food Tank is highlighting 20 book to help you broaden your understanding of food and agriculture systems. food system. Whether you’re diving into the world of food systems for the first time or looking to stay up to date on the latest research, this list has a book for every reader. Food, Inc.

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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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124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!

Food Tank

Contributing authors: Liza Greene , Elena Seeley , and Alessandra Uriarte The food and agriculture movement made incredible strides over the last year—but our work isn’t done yet! These groups are continuing to push for food and agriculture systems that are economically, socially, and environmentally just and equitable.

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