Presentation Slides

• Leveraging the Farm Bill to Address Critical Environmental Problems (PDF)

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

• How Sustainable Agriculture Advocates Can Take Action in 2017