NFFC Leader Arden Tewksbury: Federal Policies Hurt Dairy Operations
Whole-fat dairy products have kept farmer healthy, while federal policies have hurt dairy farmers, their related businesses and communities.
View ArticleNFFC Among Orgs Asking President Obama to Protect Pollinators
Groups raise concerns about neonicotinoids and their effects on bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
View ArticleJoin NFFC at May 4 Special Event Screening of AFTER WINTER, SPRING
One hundred years ago, half of the population of France were farmers. Now less than 3% farm. In the Périgord, a rural community fears they may be the last generation of family farmers in a region...
View ArticleNFFC and Allies Send Letter to Congress: Fast Track a Bad Deal
The National Family Farm Coalition joined more than 110 farm, food and consumer groups on an April 12 letter urging Congress to oppose fast track legislation (trade promotion authority), which would...
View ArticleOver 300 Groups Urge Congress to Label GMOs
May 13, 2015 Washington, DC — Today, 328 farm, food, health, public interest and environmental organizations and businesses wrote to members of Congress to urge them to protect consumers’ right to know...
View ArticleNFFC and Affiliate Organizations Oppose the DARK Act
NFFC and 327 groups from around the nation wrote a letter to both the House and the Senate opposing the Deny Americans the Right-to-Know (DARK) Act. This legislation would deny states the right to...
View ArticleNFFC President Urges House to Oppose HR 1599, DARK Act
For non-GMO farmers, H.R. 1599 would be disastrous as it would preempt laws designed to protect them from GMO contamination of their fields. Without strong regulations and oversight, farmers’ crops and...
View ArticleNFFC Fights for 2501 Program in Letter to President Obama
Last week, NFFC joined over 110 organizations in a letter to President Obama to restore funding for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in FY 2017. The Outreach and Assistance for...
View ArticleWish Kathy Ozer a Happy Birthday with Support for NFFC!
Today – August 4, 2015 – NFFC’s director, Kathy Ozer, celebrates her 57th birthday, and tomorrow she begins her chemotherapy treatment plan for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) at Georgetown University...
View ArticleThe Federation of Southern Cooperatives and OFRANEH Share 2015 Food...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Des Moines, Iowa, United States – September 1, 2015 Black US Farmers, Honduran Afro-Indigenous Share Food Sovereignty Prize In this moment when it is vital to assert that Black...
View ArticleNew Report from GRAIN Exposes TIAA-CREF Land Grabs in Brazil
Tonight the Sao Paolo desk of the New York Times posted an article about a new report from GRAIN indicating that the New York-based investment firm known as TIAA-CREF has invested hundreds of millions...
View ArticleEPA Pulls Registration for Dow’s Enlist Duo Herbicide Citing High Toxicity...
NFFC has worked with allies PANNA, CFS, NRDC and others for several years to stop the release of Dow's Enlist Duo. We are grateful for their tireless support and to the EPA for seeing the light on this...
View ArticleSenator Casey Meets With PA Dairy Farmers
Progressive Agriculture Organization 1300 Rattlesnake Hill Road Meshoppen, PA 18630 Phone 570-833-5776 progressiveagricultureorg@gmail.com February 1, 2016 SENATOR CASEY MEETS WITH DAIRY FARMERS On...
View ArticlePress Statement on the Assassination of Berta Cáceres, Call to Action
March 9, 2016 Contacts: Saulo Araujo, WhyHunger – (617)735-5899 Stephen Bartlett, Agricultural Missions – (502)415-1080 Lisa Griffith, National Family Farm Coalition – (773)319-5838 Carol Schachet,...
View ArticleNFFC Stands for the Right to Know, Against DARK Act
The National Family Farm Coalition is a long-time advocate of food sovereignty. As declared at the 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty in Nyéléni: “Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and...
View ArticleSustainable Agriculture, Faith and Rural Organizations Express Opposition to TPP
April 18, 2016 Dear Member of Congress, We write to you as development, faith-based and sustainable agriculture organizations concerned about the potential impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
View ArticleFarm, Faith and Rural Groups Oppose TPP to Congress
April 27, 2016 Attention: Ag/Trade Leg. Staff U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative: The undersigned 161 farm, food, rural and faith groups urge you to reject the...
View ArticleThe Daily Star Reports on Dairy Farmer Concerns
Several reporters participated in a telepress conference held last month by NFFC executive director Kathy Ozer and dairy farmer leaders. Mark Boshnack from the Daily Star (upstate New York) noted that,...
View ArticlePro Ag Organization Holds Successful Hearing for Dairy Farmers
May 27, 2016 Arden Tewksbury Sixteen dairy farmers testified at last Tuesday’s milk hearing held at Perkins Restaurant in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. According to Arden Tewksbury, Manager, Pro-Ag, “The...
View ArticleNFFC and Allies Oppose Coordinated Framework Process in Letter and Press Release
[Press release: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/news/advocates-call-meaningful-public-participation-federal-regulation-biotech] August 3, 2016 Howard Shelanski Administrator, Office of Information...
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