| The National Family
Farm Coalition is only as strong as its grassroots member groups.
NFFC looks for members that share a commitment to implement a sustainable
family farm system - one that produces safe and healthy foods and results
in vibrant, economically sound rural communities here and around the
world.
To become a NFFC member, simply send in your organization's contact
information by filling out the NFFC's
application form. If your organization meets membership criteria
upon application review, it will become a NFFC member!
All member organizations must pay annual dues; this monetary amount
is set at 0.5% of a member group's annual budget, with a set minimum
of $250 and maximum of $1,000. For further information or additional
questions, call toll-free at 1-800-639-3276.
As an NFFC member, your organization will gain:
1) Visibility For your Organization and its Issues:
- By attending NFFC's Annual and Summer Board Meetings, your organization
can advocate its issues to other NFFC member groups and partner organizations.
- By submitting materials about your organization and its issues,
your organization can reach a national audience through NFFC's quarterly
newsletter, periodic action alerts, and web site.
2) Influence on NFFC's Agenda and Farm, Food, Rural Economic Development
and Trade Policy
- By participating in NFFC's Task
Forces, your organization can introduce its issues into a
supportive forum, building a constituency for your issues.
- By submitting resolutions, you can make your organization's priority
issues part of NFFC's agenda, collectively working with other member
groups to promote national and international policy alternatives.
- By electing NFFC board representatives, your organization can vote
on NFFC's priority issues and be nominated for leadership positions
within NFFC.
3) Access to Information & Distribution to Partner Organizations
and Networks
- By requesting other NFFC group's support for your issues, your
organization can distribute information and gather national support.
- By tapping into NFFC's connections, your organization can invite
experts within NFFC's member groups, partner organizations and other
networks to speak at your conferences and meetings.
4) National Representation:
- By joining with NFFC's member groups, your organization can contribute
to a growing family farmer voice on farm, food, rural economic development
and trade policy issues.
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