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Mobilizing family farmers, fishers, and ranchers for fair prices, vibrant communities, and healthy foods free of corporate domination.

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We are a coalition!

Member-led, grassroots oriented group of organizations (not individuals)�
Representing our members in DC (and beyond)�
We also work in collaborative organizing spaces

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Some of our guiding principles…

Equity and Diversity

Parity/Living Wages� for All

Producer-Led

Agroecology

Food Sovereignty

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Farm Bill Basics

The Farm Bill is the largest food and agriculture bill debated in Congress
An omnibus bill that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture programs including…

Nutrition assistance, crop insurance, credit access, conservation and environmental stewardship and much, much more!

12 titles - broad categories that each include different programs.
Congress reauthorizes/updates the Farm Bill about once every five years.

In 2024 the Congressional Research Service estimated that the Farm Bill proposals would cost $662 billion over 5 years.

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Farm Bill Titles

Commodities

Conservation

Trade

Nutrition

Credit

Rural Development

Research, Extension, and Related Matters

Forestry

Energy

Horticulture

Crop Insurance

Miscellaneous

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NFFC’s Farm Bill Priorities - a vibrant food system and rural communities

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Milk from Family Dairies Act (Proposal)

Dairy farmers are forced to scale up to succeed in the current market - since 1997, the US has lost more than 70% of its dairy farms.
Uses price floors and supply management to balance supply and demand and to provide farmers a fair, stable price
Benefits in price stabilization also support customers

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Farmland for Farmers Act (S. 2583)

Affordable access is the TOP challenge for young and beginning farmers, and especially farmers of color (National Young Farmers Coalition)
The amount of corporate owned farmland in the US has TRIPLED since 2009
The Farmland for Farmers Act stops corporations, domestic and foreign, from purchasing US farmland for speculative investment purposes

Improves tracking of who owns US farmland
Important exemptions for farmer-led cooperatives, LLCs, and other such entities

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Fair Credit for Farmers Act (S. 2668, H.R.5296)

US farm debt is higher than ever before — stretching beyond $500 billion.
Improves access and accountability for the loan services offered by the Farm Service Agency
Helps ensure equal treatment in FSA lending and appeals for farmers of color
Shifts balance of power - FSA staff and the farmer should be joint partners seeking success!

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Impact of Advocacy

When family farmers succeed, we all succeed!

“All politics is local”, ripple effect
Importance of what the message is, who delivers it, how, and why!
Time + perseverance
Community advocacy efforts matter to legislators
NFFC has a farm bill toolkit!