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Dairy Farm Bill Food from Family Farms Act - Larry Mitchell of American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) - House Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management (03.28.07) Genetic Engineering Local Food and Nutrition Trade
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Competition in Agriculture Letter to Congress on the serious financial crisis experienced by the majority of U.S. dairy farmers Letter to Attorney General Holder and Secretary Vilsack to call for investigation of sheep market Letter to Congressional Agriculture Committee Leaders on competition issues in the 2012 Farm Bill Letter to Attorney General Holder and Secretary Vilsack to call for final report on workshops. Letter to Attorney General Holder and Secretary Vilsack on improving future workshops. Credit, Loans, and Disaster 100+ Groups Urge USDA to Suspend CAFO Loans (11.16.09) - Over 100 groups signed a letter to Secretary Vilsack urging the USDA to to immediately suspend all direct or guaranteed loans for the construction or expansion of specialized hog or poultry production facilities. Urge all members of the US Senate to look at the pricing formula in the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act (S-1640) (6.20.12) Third Letter to Senator Leahy Requesting Hearings into Dairy Farmers of America (02.09.09) Letter to Congress Urging Emergency Measures for Dairy in Economic Stimulus (1.29.08) Food Safety NFFC joined the Center for Food Safety and other allies to oppose
proposed changes to the oversight of genetically engineered (GE) crops
in Sections 10011-10014 of the House Agriculture Committee’s discussion
draft of the 2012 Farm Bill. An earlier letter was sent to Chairman
Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson opposing the riders; the most
recent version has been signed by 44 organizations and businesses. (7.10.12) Deny deregulation for genetically-engineered, 2,4-D-resistant corn - Letter to the USDA to deny Dow's request to deregulate GE 2,4-D-resistant corn, a product which would likely increase the use of 2,4-D, a toxic herbicide used in Agent Orange signed by 147 organizations, farms, and businesses. An evidence-based letter signed by 35 health scientists was also submitted. (4.26.12) NFFC and 126 national and local organizations urge Senators to support the amendment co-sponsored by Senators Tester and Hagan to ensure that small-scale direct-marketing farms and food producers are protected from unnecessary and overly burdensome federal regulations. Support Fresh, Safe Local Food in the Food Safety Bill (06.10.10) - Letter to Senators by 157 organizations urging support for amendments so as to improve food safety without unnecessarily burdening and handicapping small-scale, local food producers. Food
Safety Act Has Serious Flaws (11.10.09) - Organizations representing
consumers, small farmers and ranchers, and local food producers wrote
Senators to express their concerns over pending food safety legislation.
Food Sovereignty Letter to Leadership of the Congressional Agriculture Committees to express our strong support for Congress to complete the reauthorization of the farm bill in 2012. (02.14.12) Letter to The Honorable Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction (10.14.11) Why We Left Our Farms to Come to Copenhagen (12.07.09) - Read the speech of Via Campesina's General Coordinator, Henry Saragih, at the opening session of Klimaforum 2009. GIPSA NFFC joins 140 state and national farm and livestock organizations in letters to the House and Senate committee members backing the GIPSA rule. NFFC signs this letter from 83 Organizations to Secretary Vilsack requesting Captive Supply Rulemaking. NFFC joins 135 organizations in a comment to support the GIPSA rule published by the USDA. The comments show that farmers are standing up to unfair treatment and are not alone. They have the support of hundreds of fellow farmers, the support of numberous organizations, and the support of consumers across America. Read the comment letter here and read news coverage here. Joint Letter to USDA Requesting Captive Supply Rulemaking (02.01.11) Health Care NFFC Urges Pelosi to Support Health Care Reform (11.10.09) - NFFC wrote Nancy Pelosi a letter urging her to vote for passage of H.R. 3962 – America's Affordable Health Choices Act – as it makes it way to the floor of the House of Representatives this weekend. National Animal Identification System 38 organizations ask OMB to return the Animal Disease Traceability final rule to the USDA for more thorough review (07.10.12) of its disproportionate impact on small farmers and the associated businesses, such as sale barns and veterinarians. Farmers Unite Against NAIS (11.18.09) - Family farmers joined food safety groups, sustainable agriculture advocates, and a variety of other organizations in signing letters urging Congress and the USDA to halt implementation of NAIS. Click here to read the letter to Congress, and here for the USDA letter. Over 90 Farm, Consumer and Other Groups Request Zero Funding for Animal ID Program (9.22.09) - Over 90 organizations representing conventional farmers and ranchers, organic farmers, property rights activists, and consumers have sent a letter to Senate and House conferees for the Agriculture Appropriations bill urging them to zero out funding for the National Animal Identification System for 2010. NAIS will place undue burdens on America’s farmers and ranchers while doing nothing to address food safety and animal disease concerns. 80+ Groups Send Letter to Congress Demanding no New Funding for NAIS (07.07.09) Joint Letter to Secretary Vilsack Opposing Further Implementation of NAIS (03.16.09) Reserves Joint Letter to Congress In Support of Reserves (4.28.08) Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement a Framework for the Future (01.26.10) - The faith, labor, family farm, consumer, environmental, human rights and social justice organizations within Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC) wrote Obama urging him to enact meaningful trade reform as his administration enters into negotiations for a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP). To learn more about the TPP, visit www.citizenstrade.org/tpp.php.
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