2010 Action Alerts
August 5: USDA Announces 3 More Public Meetings About Animal ID!
June 22: July 1: Public Meeting to be Held in Fort Worth About Animal ID
June 15: Save Local Food Sources!
June 6: USDA Announces More Public Meetings About Animal ID
May 27: Stop Genetically Engineered Alfalfa!
May 15: Opportunities for Texans to Speak Up
May 6: FDA Seeks Comments on Produce Safety Standards
May 4: FARFA Sends Letter to USDA and Regulatory Working Group
April 29: USDA Schedules Public Meetings on Animal ID
April 19: Food Safety Listening Session in San Antonio on April 27, 2010
April 7: Protect Local Food Sources! Tell your Senators to exempt small-scale and direct-marketing producers from S. 510.
February 5: USDA announces it is dropping NAIS and re-focusing on a new interstate program
February 2: Tell USDA not to approve genetically engineered alfalfa!
January 19: Protect Local Food Sources - Call Your Senators!
2009 Action Alerts:
November 13: Tell President Obama to Stop Agribusiness Appointments!
November 11: Food Safety Bill Moving - Call Your Senators Now!
November 9: Texas Raw Milk and Cheese Update
October 28: Take Action to Protect Local Food Sources
October 14: Action Alerts for Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin residents!
October 12: Tell Your Senators to Protect Local Food!
October 2: Congress Trims NAIS Funding!
September 22: Action Alert for Fresh Vegetable Growers, and an Update on NAIS Funding
September 10: Tell Congress to Stop Funding NAIS!
September 8: Help Us to Improve Access to Raw Milk in Texas!
August 5: Senate Cuts NAIS Funding in Half!
July 29: Call your Senator TODAY to urge that NAIS funding be cut!
July 27: Food Safety Bill Heads for a Vote
July 14: Food Safety Bill Hearing
June 30: Texas Update: Good News for Raw Milk; Transportation Bill Alerts
June 17: Protect Your Access To Raw Milk in Texas!
June 4: Locations for Listening Sessions; Food Safety Bill on the Move
May 8: USDA listening session in Austin
May 6: USDA listening sessions around the country -- Tell the Feds what you think about NAIS!
April 19: Secretary Vilsack holds roundtable discussion on NAIS
April 2: Texas Anti-NAIS bill stuck in Committee
March 27: Good news from Utah! And updates from other states.
March 24: Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture holds hearing on anti-NAIS bill.
March 16: Food Safety Bills in Congress and an Update on U.S. House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Hearing
March 15: Texas Bill Filed to Stop Mandatory NAIS
March 12: Report on U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing; Last Chance to Comment on USDA's Proposed Rule; Appropriations Update
February 28: Call your Congressman! Congressional hearing coming up, and NAIS in the Appropriations Bill.
February 15: Second Update on NAIS: USDA and state activities
February 11: Update on NAIS: USDA and state activities
February 5: Texas bill filed to stop mandatory NAIS!
February 2: Help stop USDA's proposed rule!
January 13: USDA issues proposed rule that would mandate portions of NAIS
January 6: USDA issues new memo
