Caff

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This direct feedback–from farmers urban and rural, small and mid-sized, and with a diversity of racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds–will now serve as the foundation of CAFF’s advocacy in 2022, guiding our priorities, policy stances, and our conversations with state leaders in the year ahead. WANNA GET MORE INVOLVED?

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

America’s cattle producers need a Secretary of Agriculture who will protect family farms and ranches, roll back crushing regulations, and stand up for rural values—and we look forward to working with Secretary-Designate Rollins to make it happen.” 5 during CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As Congress addresses this critical issue, we urge legislators to consider the following critical points and recommendations: Most importantly, we need to invest in locally-led solutions that help farmers gain a stronger foothold through secure land tenure and by building robust local food supply chains.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress continues to see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs, either as a new stand-alone program as proposed in the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) or as part of RCPP as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

Outside of the University he owns and operates a cottage-food business, Vulcan Mine Bakery, where he bakes and provides free business consultations for rural redevelopment initiatives. Members huddled under a covered pavilion for live music, farm-fresh food, and local brew from Odd13 Brewing , while the rain poured down.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the book, we meet Brandon Kaufman, a Kansas farmer who, after generations of family farming, plans “to get a divorce from wheat” to focus on perennials as a way to nurture the soil and the vital underground network of insects and microorganisms within it. Writer and rural policy expert Brian Reisinger’s memoir is thus a rare find.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. Conservation and Climate The benefits of on-farm conservation programs are widespread.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Every economic study you’ve ever seen shows that the way to true prosperity in our country is a vibrant rural economy coupled with a strong small-business infrastructure, not a handful of major mega-corporations. None of their money turns over in any of our rural communities.” it’s smaller than the Matador,” he said.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 7, 2024

And there is also a significant effort going into developing artificial intelligence programs to do everything from identifying and monitoring points of waste in the production process to analyzing demand patterns to increase or reduce production according to anticipated needs across the supply chain.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Appalachia , a mountainous region spanning 13 states in the eastern United States, stretches from southern New York to northern Mississippi and is often associated with rural poverty, rugged landscapes, and rich cultural traditions. Access to grocery stores varies significantly between urban and rural areas in Appalachia.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Edition] By Christopher Hart Hedgelands is a delightful paean to a staple of British life and a critical part of the nation’s rural ecology: the hedge.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA empowers small-scale farmers, fishers, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities across Asia through advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. There is no life limit on healthy soil, says farmer Gerardo Martinez, CEO of GALA.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Farmers, media, and rural leaders gathered at Crescent Meats in Cadott to learn more about the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and the area’s designation as a Rural Partners Network community. Theo Scholze of Scholze Family Farms in Humbird is among those who will benefit from the Crescent Meats expansion.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has an array of programs aimed at farmers growing food that supports rural communities and the environment, but its own purchasing has long revolved around sourcing the cheapest foods available. To Waterman, that is precisely why change is necessary. To Waterman, that is precisely why change is necessary. “If

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lately, Heyn has been fielding inquiries from people looking to start mills with federal Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grant funding , which supports the middle of the food-supply chain and bolsters markets for small farms and food businesses. Appalachian White Wheat at Brown Family Farms in Warren Co, NC.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As the National Family Farm Coalition points out, “Focusing only on foreign ownership distracts from an overarching trend of rising corporate investment in farmland, largely driven by U.S-based 4306) TITLE VI: Rural Development GREEN FLAG Reaffirms commitment to vital rural development initiatives. 12113).

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Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

In the bills, they proposed a wide range of changes, from more support for urban agriculture and small farms to new programs for farmer conservation education to improvements to the nation’s supply chain infrastructure and provisions that would expand SNAP access for college students and Tribes.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

In the bills, they proposed a wide range of changes, from more support for urban agriculture and small farms to new programs for farmer conservation education to improvements to the nation’s supply chain infrastructure and provisions that would expand SNAP access for college students and Tribes.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Agriculture was the first industry mentioned, and the ways in which consolidation was driving the loss of small family farms became one of Vilsacks most-cited talking points throughout the administration. Under his tenure, the U.S. Bidens USDA also invested $2.2 Its unclear if that strategy will remain in place under Trump.

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