NSAC Archives for June, 2011
An Action Packed June
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
It’s been a busy month at NSAC with four separate advocacy campaigns put in play. On June 28th, NSAC and a broad coalition of farm, conservation, wildlife, and forestry organizations representing millions of Americans orchestrated a National Day of Action to protest huge cuts to farm bill conservation programs and an attack on local and Read the Rest…
FAPRI releases report on impacts of eliminating direct payments to US farmers
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
On Thursday June 29th, the University of Missouri’s Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) released a report entitled “Potential Impacts of Limiting Direct Payments.” The report estimates the economic impacts to farmers, landowners, federal budgetary outlays and consumers if direct payments to farmers are eliminated. The report comes at a time when Congressional leaders Read the Rest…
Senate Democrats Unveil Budget Next Week
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
On Wednesday, June 29, Senate Budget Committee chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) announced that Senate Democrats had come to agreement on a proposed budget, which they plan to unveil as soon as next week. Conrad says that the proposal would cut over $4 trillion from the deficit, but revealed no other details, saying only, “We’ve reached Read the Rest…
Senate Agriculture Committee Livestock Hearing Highlights NRCS Successes
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
On Tuesday, June 28, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and the Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing entitled “The State of Livestock in America.” The hearing focused on rising feed prices due to increased worldwide demand for grains, the proposed Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Act that is still awaiting the issuance of a final rule Read the Rest…
Congress Should Reward Farmers Who Are Good Stewards
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Check out this post for Common Dreams by Brenna Norton, Grassroots Organizer for NSAC, on the extreme cuts to farm bill conservation programs.
Socially Disadvantaged Producer Coop Grants
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
On Wednesday, June 29, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service of USDA announced that its Small, Socially Disadvantaged Producer Grant Program (formerly known as the Small, Minority Producer Grant Program) will be open for applications until the deadline of August 15, 2011. The full Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) appears in the June 29 edition of the Read the Rest…
EPA and Army Corps Extend Comment Period for Waters of the U.S. Guidance
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
On Monday, June 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers extended the public comment period by 30 days for the draft guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act. The new comment deadline is July 31, 2011. As we reported in late April, the EPA and Army Corps issued Read the Rest…
National Day of Action
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition For Immediate Release June 28, 2011 Contact: Ferd Hoefner 202-547-5754 National Day of Action to Preserve Conservation and Local Food Development Funding On June 28th, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and a broad coalition of farm, conservation, wildlife, and forestry organizations representing millions of Americans are joining forces for a Read the Rest…
Forget Your Farmer, Forget Local Food
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
The agriculture appropriations bill the House of Representatives just passed slashes $1 billion from mandatory farm bill conservation funding and tells USDA to drop the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative (KYF, KYF). The House measure would slash programs that support farmers who protect the soil and water on which our nation’s future productivity Read the Rest…
Farm Value-Added Grants Available
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
For Immediate Release June 28, 2011 Contact: Ferd Hoefner 202-547-5754 . Farmers Have 60 Days to Apply for Value-Added Grants from USDA . Washington, DC June 28, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released a notice inviting farmers to apply for Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG). Today’s notice combines two year’s worth of funding Read the Rest…
