Environmental Grantmakers Resources: Leveraging the Farm Bill for the Environment
Presentation Slides
Overview of the Farm Bill
- Congressional Research Service, What is the Farm Bill?
- NSAC, Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs
- FarmDocDaily, Mapping the Farm Bill: The Traditional Farm Coalition
Agriculture and Environmental Harms
- JB Ruhl, Farms, Their Environmental Harms and Environmental Law
- Laurie Ristino, Losing Ground: A Clarion Call for Farm Bill Reform to Ensure a Food Secure Future
- Recent NSAC Blog Posts on Conservation Issues
- Ferd Hoefner, Climate Change and Agriculture: A Problem Too Hot (and Cold, and Wet, and Dry) to Ignore
Farm “Safety Net” (aligning crop insurance with conservation)
- AGree: Transforming Food & Ag Policy, Four Papers on US Federal Crop Insurance Program
- Recent NSAC work on Farm Program Conservation Requirements
Advocacy Opportunities in 2017