NASDA

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Our members are vital to building a thriving national economy and are essential to achieving the nations critical infrastructure, manufacturing, supply chain, transportation, and energy goals. Our members operate their businesses in compliance with a comprehensive framework of federal and state laws, regulations, and policies.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of its IFAD Research Series, released a report, Overweight and obesity in LMICs in rural development and food systems , along with a literature review. The report finds obesity rates across developing countries to be approaching levels found in high-income countries.

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Without guaranteed funding, the progress made in these areas is expected to stall, potentially setting back years of advancement in agricultural research, rural support, and conservation efforts.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 11, 2025

LFPA is an incredibly popular program, generating enormous economic opportunities by fostering regional supply chains and investing in local farmers. These programs stabilize local food supply chains by supporting regional food purchases for schools, food pantries, community kitchens, and other assistance efforts.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

During the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, USDA announced that it is investing $196 million to strengthen American food and agriculture supply chains , expand markets for agricultural producers, and lower food costs.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Part one details USDA’s recent supply chain infrastructure investments and how they have equipped regional processors and distributors. Each year, USDA spends billions purchasing food for schools, food pantries, and community nutrition programs across rural and urban settings. Contracts with Tyson Foods accounted for 42.5%

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 19, 2024

USDA announced that it is awarding Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) grants in Maine and California to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems. These projects include development of a food distribution system across rural Northwestern California.

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Ohio State University

APRIL 10, 2024

William Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy attempts to answer the question of why some rural communities thrive and others might lag behind by examining two rural-Ohio success stories: Holmes and Mercer Counties. Both Holmes and Mercer Counties have fared better than the average rural Ohio or rural U.S.,

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Letter Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned agricultural organizations are deeply invested in the well-being of our rural and agricultural communities, and we write today to urge you to prioritize and support the swift passage of a bipartisan farm bill this year.

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DTN

JANUARY 31, 2025

More than ever, preparation is key for grain buyers to secure the best deals and maintain a stable supply chain. economy continues to demonstrate resilience with solid growth and moderating inflation, the rural economy faces continued volatility and uncertainty. While the U.S.

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NASDA

JULY 11, 2023

With her experience leading the industry as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and her perspective on state and local issues as former U.S. representative for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, NASDA is elated at today’s Senate confirmation and looks forward to her leadership.

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NASDA

DECEMBER 3, 2024

As NASDAs director of public policy, I focus on advancing policies and federal programs that improve nutrition security, grow and strengthen regional supply chains and advocate for federal funding to states to ensure food safety. agriculture’s needs and make our food systems more resilient for an abundant and safe food supply.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 27, 2025

During the last several months, countless farmers, and the community-based organizations who serve them, have had their livelihoods thrown into doubt as USDA has deliberated whether or not to honor its own legal contracts.

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ProAg

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Senate Ag Committee and national agriculture groups are applauding rural infrastructure investments from USDA. communities that lack an adequate tax base are usually in rural areas. Investments in infrastructure are a critical component in a robust food and supply chain, particularly for small farmers to get local foods to market.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MARCH 4, 2025

However, the decline in people opting to work in the local meat sector and the loss of heritage and artisan skills such as butchery, has widespread implications for food security, sustainability and rural economies. This makes it economically unviable for training providers, particularly if they must travel to remote rural abattoirs.

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NASDA

JANUARY 30, 2024

Letter Dear Chairs Smith and Wyden and Ranking Members Neal and Crapo: The undersigned organizations, representing a broad swath of the American agriculture supply chain, urge you to pass a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) as soon as possible this year. Choosing not to renew the MTB will lead to economic challenges for U.S.

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NASDA

JANUARY 11, 2024

As stewards of a broad spectrum of programs encompassing food safety, disease prevention, economic development in rural communities, conservation, and environmental communities, our commitment to fostering an affordable and resilient food system aligns well with the objectives outlined in the draft strategy. territories.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 6, 2024

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA, HR 8467 ) offers a number of policy reforms and authorizes new programs that seek to strengthen existing programs and sustain the novel United States Department of Agriculture’s local supply chain initiatives. 6304, 6412).

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This directive should extend to any manufactured product that is still at a registrant’s facilities, in order to prevent disastrous impacts to the supply chain. This court decision was issued days before the 2024 spring planting season, which means farmers have already developed farm plans and purchased seeds and pesticides.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Editor’s Note: This blog post is the second in a series highlighting how recent supply chain investments were unique and pivotal in expanding infrastructure to respond to growing farmer demand, reducing costly wait times, and reaching diversified operations.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Consider Lukas Walton, Tom’s cousin, who is using a $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in organic chicken, grass-fed dairy, plant-based supply chains, and ag-tech, while supporting food access and fisheries innovations with his philanthropy. If Walmart does that, it goes against every grain of their corporate culture.”

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Labor shortages in the agricultural industry affect the entire supply chain, making it more difficult for the country to compete in the global marketplace and threatening our overall food and national security,” NASDA CEO Ted McKinney said.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is great potential for strawberries in rural CEA settings. Editor’s Note: One main draw of Controlled Environment Agriculture, or CEA, is the ability to grow produce closer to urban centers where it will be consumed, thus shortening the supply chain for inhabitants of cities globally. Credit: iStock.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

However, on balance I would argue that this has not been good for rural America. And its not just our farmers and ranchers who are affected, its their local communities scattered all across rural America that have decayed right alongside them. In the process it led to the decline of our rural communities.

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

State departments of agriculture are responsible for a wide range of programs, including food safety, conservation, and fostering the economic vitality of our rural communities. Comment RE: DHS Docket No USCIS–2023–0012; CIS No. territories. NASDA supports labor policy that protects employers of non-U.S.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. Small and midsized farmers are being forced out, with consequences for rural communities. The marginalization of smaller-scale farms has severe consequences.

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NASDA

DECEMBER 7, 2023

agriculture is foundational to the American economy – reaching far beyond farms and rural communities to support more than 46 million jobs across the country. In 2022, American food and agriculture exports totaled nearly $200 billion, providing jobs and economic opportunity throughout the supply chain in every corner and coast of the country.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

As more people pour into metropolises—urban populations are projected to double in the next three decades, according to the World Bank —scientists like Bousselot are investigating how designers and planners can ruralize cities, greening roofs, and empty lots. What we should probably focus on is resilience overall.” “The

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

State departments of agriculture are responsible for a wide range of programs, including food safety, conservation, and fostering the economic vitality of our rural communities. territories. NASDA is committed to working with the federal government, private industry, and academia to identify and address agricultural workforce challenges.

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NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

Further reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the agricultural and forestry supply chain will require a comprehensive effort involving financial and technical assistance, research investments, proactive response to innovation, public-private partnerships, and a commitment to equitable opportunities for all producers.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The resurgence gained further traction in the 1990s with support from the Department of Defenses Rural Economic Transition Assistance-Hawaii grants , which helped farmers shift from sugarcane plantations to diversified agriculture. Michigan, however, greenlit kava in 2023, becoming the first state to grant it GRAS status. Still, U.H,s

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

I’ve just read in Farmers Weekly that Tesco has announced their decision to reduce the number of dairy farmers in their milk supply pool , giving just 12-months’ notice to those who will be dropped. This community used to form the backbone of UK rural culture, however, during my lifetime of dairy farming, it has been decimated.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Classes are designed to offer hands-on experiences to students through active engagement with the agricultural environment and with rural communities on food-related projects. This is reflected in efforts to increase professors and classes dedicated to teaching business-building topics related to marketing and supply chain innovation.

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Caff

MAY 14, 2024

million to CDFA’s Farm to Community Food Hub Program for essential supply chain infrastructure “CUSP funding has been a lifeline to keep organic family farms in business during these past few years of severe economic hardship. CAFF & CCOF urges budget revisions to restore the following crucial funds: $17.9 The proposed $17.9

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Civil Eats

APRIL 17, 2024

He didn’t travel to the rural area for any of his job responsibilities; he was there to document injustice. These findings reflect the shortcomings of corporate social responsibility in bringing meaningful reform to supply chains. This is obscured to even a discerning reader of food labels. labor standards, then yes, [the] U.S.

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NASDA

APRIL 24, 2024

agriculture is foundational to the American economy – reaching far beyond farms and rural communities to support more than 48 million jobs across the country. In 2023, American food and agriculture exports totaled $175 billion, providing jobs and economic opportunity throughout the supply chain. in total economic output.1

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