POLICY UPDATE: It’s a busy time, with lots of news, both good and bad! Let’s start with the bad news: USDA moved ahead with mandating electronic…
Action Alert: Protect farmers from toxic dicamba drift!
Dicamba drift, whether from the spray or volatilized gas, can devastate crops, adjacent ecosystems, and entire landscapes. Have you heard of Dicamba? It’s a chemical…
FARFA Policy Update – Farm Bill and more
The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) is a national organization dedicated to supporting independent family farmers and ensuring a healthy, productive food supply for American…
*NEW* ACTION ALERT: Voice your strong opposition to Forced Electronic ID!
NEW Action Alert: your help is needed! Call Congress and voice your strong opposition to the USDA mandate! Dear Fellow Agtivist, We’re asking…
ACTION ALERT: Protect Small Farmers & Ranchers from Forced Electronic ID!
Mandatory electronic Animal ID is expensive, intrusive, and unreliable. The plan benefits two groups: the large meatpacking corporations, and the technology companies that produce electronic tags,…
Farm Bill Action Alert – Conservation, not Consolidation
One more call for the Farm Bill! Thank you for taking action on our alerts to help small farmers by increasing options for meat processing and stopping mandatory electronic…
Animal ID Action Alert – Farm Bill House AG Committee
When it comes to the Farm Bill, the status quo is what the massive meatpacking corporations want on a lot of fronts, especially mandatory electronic Animal…
Action Alert – Farm Bill debate enters a new phase!
The House Agriculture Committee is working on the Farm Bill, and we need your help! After over a year of waiting, the House Agriculture Committee Chair…
A Win for U.S. Meat Labeling! But More is Needed
It’s a WIN for U.S. meat, but there’s still more transparency in labeling needed… In a significant victory for American farmers, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Action Alert: Update on Animal ID
The USDA is back at it, trying to mandate electronic livestock identification to track cattle crossing state lines. They even got the House to slip it into this…