By Natalie Grote, NFU Intern Many veterans, upon returning home from serving our country, discover a newfound passion for farming or ranching. After putting in hours of hard work to … Read More
Access to Markets: Homegrown by Heroes
Month: October 2017
Cooperatives Build A Better World
By Cathy Statz, Wisconsin Farmers Union Education Director A mobile home park resident. A dairy farmer. A college student. A produce grower. A home care worker. A hardware store owner. What … Read More
What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? COMET-Farm
By Tom Driscoll, Director of Conservation Policy and NFU Foundation Farmers are a key participant in mitigating climate change. Agriculture is one of a few sectors that can sink existing atmospheric … Read More
Farmers Union Celebrates National Cooperative Month
October is National Cooperative Month, a time when more than 29,000 cooperatives across the country advocate for the cooperative business model and its myriad benefits for co-op members, consumers, and … Read More
Access to Markets: Farm to School
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy A growing interest in local and regional food offers lucrative opportunities for beginning farmers, and growing farm products for these … Read More
What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? New York Climate Smart Communities Certification
By Tom Driscoll, Director of Conservation Policy and NFU Foundation The Climate Column has covered practices that allow farmers to reduce emissions and sink carbon into their soil, like no-till, as … Read More
Trump Administration Must Right the Ship on Biofuels Through 2018 RFS Obligations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – As embattled farm, biofuel, and rural communities and economies look to the Trump Administration to maintain promises … Read More
NFU and UFCW Make Case for Meaningful NAFTA Improvements
For Immediate Release October 18, 2017 Contact: ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Farmers Union (NFU) and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union sent a joint letter to the … Read More
NFU Deeply Disappointed by USDA Decision to Terminate Farmer Fair Practices Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it would be terminating the Farmer Fair Practices Rule on … Read More
Access To Markets: Virginia Grown and State Labels
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy The market for local and regional food is an important one for beginning producers. A January 2015 report to Congress issued by U.S. Department … Read More
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