Water is our most precious resource. As the drought of 2011 so painfully reminded us, our farmers and ranchers cannot survive without sufficient water for…
Action Alert: Tell Congress to Dump the Monsanto Rider
Congress is considering a continuing resolution spending bill that includes the controversial Monsanto rider. This rider effectively destroys judicial review and gives the biotech industry…
Press Release: Groups Urge Congress to Address Food Safety Regulations
MEDIA CONTACT: Judith McGeary, 512-484-8821 judith@farmandranchfreedom.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Groups Urge Congress to Address Food Safety Regulations in Farm Bill Joint Letter Says…
Action Alert: Speak Up for Pastured Egg Farms
The FDA is yet again putting burdens on farmers who use healthy, sustainable practices, and justifying them with fear-based assumptions rather than data. The agency’s…
Thirty-Nine Organizations Urge Congress to Protect Farmers from New Regulations
The FDA’s proposed regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act would impose significant burdens on farmers of all types and sizes. Sustainable farmers in particular…
GMOs and Multiple Chronic Diseases
Article excerpt from Seattle GMO Examiner by Nancy Swanson A paper published last week in the scientific journal Entropy explains the connection between glyphosate and gastrointestinal…
Action Alert: Tell FDA to Treat Small Farmers Fairly
Click here for latest action alert posted on October 16, 2013. (July 15, 2013): We fought hard for the Tester-Hagan amendment to exempt small-scale, direct-marketing…
Action Alert: Tell EPA to Protect our Health, not Monsanto’s Profits
Tell the EPA to protect our health and NOT raise the tolerance limits on glyphosate. The EPA has issued a new rule raising the allowed…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the Texas Legislative Session
We have a lot of information to share in this alert – to make it easier, below is a table of contents of all the…
Texas Local Foods: Letter to City of Dumas
FARFA continues to fight for the rights of local food producers under the cottage foods laws that we got passed in 2011 and 2013. Check…