National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Beginning with the start of FY2024 on October 1, funding for the federal government will – absent a continuing resolution (CR) – expire, as will the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill. A shutdown would also impact the timing of the 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Minibus” refers to a small package of different appropriations bills, which in this case consists of Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2024

I get it: farming isn’t for everyone. I found a well-constructed woven wire fence with proper supports can and will hold goats. A Closer Look at Hair Sheep This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.

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Livestock Rural Development Construction Pasture 74

Daily Yonder

JULY 31, 2023

Advocates say the Farm Bill, a massive piece of legislation that is voted on every five years and determines how the U.S. The Farm Bill has funding that can really help address a lot of these gaps,” said Susana de Anda, executive director of the Community Water Center.

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Ruralism Rural Development Agriculture Agriculture 76

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms.

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