The Texas Legislature is in session for the next 132 days, giving us a narrow window of time to pass meaningful bills to help small farmers…
FARFA & allies request extension of comment period for Texas’ FSMA implementation
FARFA and five organizations from across Texas have urged the Texas Department of Agriculture to extend the public comment period on the proposed rules to implement…
Texas Ag Department threatens to undermine the Tester-Hagan Exemption! Are other states next?
In 2010, FARFA led a national coalition, together with the Western Organization of Resource Councils, that succeeded in getting an amendment added to the Food Safety…
Congress passes the 2018 Farm Bill
After months of stalemate, Congress has passed the Farm Bill in a rush — the conference committee version of the bill was released on Monday evening,…
Texas beekeepers surveys
In the 2017 Session, the Texas Beekeepers Association put forward a bill to reform the laws and regulations that govern Texas beekeepers. But while there is…
After a long wait, FSMA deadlines now loom
After nine years of Congressional debates and regulatory wrangling over the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the deadlines for compliance are now in effect or rapidly…
Farm Bill Goes to Conference Committee
Members of Congress are meeting this week to negotiate which portions of the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill will make it to the final…
Endorsements in the 2018 Texas Elections
The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance endorses candidates based on their positions on food and agricultural issues, as well as closely related issues such as…
Tell USDA: Consumers should know where their meat comes from!
We need your public comments to close a loophole used by meatpacking corporations to import foreign beef, slap a “Product of the U.S.A” label on…
USDA Opens 2017 Hurricane and Fire Disaster Assistance Application
Signup is now open for the USDA’s 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program, or “WHIP.” The program provides agricultural producers affected by 2017’s hurricanes and wildfires…