FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – An alliance of farm, biofuels, and environmental organizations last night filed an amicus brief in objection to the … Read More
Biden Begins Presidency With Action on Climate, Immigration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – In his first hours as president, Joe Biden issued a flurry of executive orders and policy proposals covering … Read More
Farmers Union Denounces Last Minute RFS Waivers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – In its final hours under President Donald Trump’s jurisdiction, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued three … Read More
Farmers Union Congratulates Dr. Jewel Bronaugh on Deputy Secretary Nomination
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden yesterday nominated Dr. Jewel Bronaugh to serve as his Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. If … Read More
U.S. Farm & Biofuel Leaders Condemn Rumors of Last-Minute RFS Waivers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – America’s top biofuel and farm advocates called on President Trump to reject last-minute attacks on the Renewable Fuel … Read More
Tenth Circuit Court Plaintiffs Respond to Supreme Court Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s … Read More
Farm & Biofuel Coalition Rejects EPA’s Excuses for Failing to Comply with 2017 Court Order
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – Today, a coalition of the nation’s largest biofuels and agricultural trade groups filed its reply in support of … Read More
New Year, New Water Test
By Billy Mitchell, NFU Food Safety Training Coordinator Organize the tools. Clean the barn. Patch the pants. As farmers make their New Year’s resolutions, produce growers have an extra one … Read More
Farmers Union Condemns Violent Effort to Undermine Democracy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2021 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON – As Congress prepared to verify the results of the 2020 presidential election today, a group of far-right insurrectionists … Read More
How the Justice for Black Farmers Act Levels the Playing Field
By Mackenzie Jeter, NFU Intern A hundred years ago, agriculture was a relatively diverse profession in the United States: a million Black farmers operated about 14 percent of the country’s … Read More