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Guest Post: Remembering Michael Sligh, a champion for farmers and food justice

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Guest Post: Remembering Michael Sligh, a champion for farmers and food justice

December 12, 2025

Editor’s Note: NSAC has been shaped for decades by creative, joyful, and smart leadership from hundreds of advocates and farmers. Today we mourn the recent loss of our longtime colleague Michael Sligh and are proud to celebrate his life and contributions to building a better world for farmers. This guest post was written by Kiki […]

Filed Under: Carousel, NSAC Coalition

RELEASE: Proposed GIPSA Rider Aims to Silence America’s Contract Farmers

April 18, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Paul Wolfe, 202-547-5754, PWolfe@sustainableagriculture.net Ferd Hoefner, 202-547-5754 FHoefner@sustainableagriculture.net   Proposed GIPSA Rider Aims to Silence America’s Contract Farmers National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Speaks Out Against Anti-Farmer Maneuver Washington, DC, April 18, 2016 – Family farmers in the contract poultry industry thought their time had finally come. After years of struggling to eke […]

Filed Under: Budget and Appropriations, Competition & Anti-trust, Press Releases

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