Appropriations Priorities
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s appropriations priorities are determined annually by our member organizations. Our Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 appropriations priorities include the following funding requests:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
NSAC FY 2012 Request = $30 M
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program
NSAC FY 2012 Request = $30 M
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (also known as ATTRA)
NSAC FY 2012 Request = $2.8 M
Farm Service Agency
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Individual Development Account (IDA) Pilot Program
NSAC FY 2012 Request = $5.0 M
Direct Farm Ownership Loans (Program Level)
NSAC FY 2012 Request = $600.0 M
Direct Farm Operating Loans (Program Level)
NSAC FY 2012 Request = $1,050.0 M
Farm Bill Conservation Mandatory Programs
Conservation Stewardship Program
NSAC FY 2012 Request = no limitation on farm bill direct funding
Wetlands Reserve Program
NSAC FY 2012 Request = no limitation on direct farm bill funding
Other Farm Bill Mandatory Programs
We urge you to limit the practice of cutting mandatory farm bill spending and to strongly support full funding for the:
- Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative
- Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
- Outreach and Assistance to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
- Farmers’ Market Promotion Program
- National Organic Cost Share Program
- Specialty Crop Block Grants
- Community Food Project
- Healthy Urban Food Enterprises Development Centers
- Community Food Grants