Submitted by Irene Kaufman on Fri, 03/02/2018 – 8:47am Do you want to make a difference in your local community? Connecting farmers with the local consumers is a great way to help a community thrive. By creating and supporting new markets for farmers to sell locally, the community benefits with healthier foods, healthier lands, and […]
Farm Bill
Draft Farm Bill is a Blow to Local Foods
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 04/16/2018 – 5:12pm On April 12, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) introduced his draft 2018 Farm Bill. Representative Conaway’s bill is a blow to local foods and small farmers. It guts funding for critical grant programs that directly support small, local foods producers such as the Value […]
Local Food and the Farm Bill
Submitted by Sarah Simeziane on Fri, 06/22/2018 – 10:51am In the sustainable farming and farmers market community, we’ve all been watching the developments surrounding the 2018 very closely. Last summer, both Mallory and I had the opportunity to speak at a House Ag Committee listening session at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur. Together with […]
Misperceptions About SNAP
Submitted by Sarah Simeziane on Sun, 04/01/2018 – 5:51pm One of the critical debates at the center of the new Farm Bill is the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Farm Bill has typically enjoyed bipartisan support, however the current negotiation has been halted over proposed rules that would tighten work requirements […]
We Need a Policy Platform
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Tue, 05/22/2018 – 7:46am You’ve likely heard the news on Friday that the House Farm Bill was voted down; a casualty of the heated immigration debate. Regardless of the proximate reasons the bill failed, this was a very good thing. As I discussed in my blog last month, the House Farm […]
