January 21, 2015: Thanks to thousands of people who spoke up for our national sovereignty and our economy, Americans successfully stopped two damaging trade agreements from…
Action Alert: Protect Small Farmers and Food Producers from FSMA Regulations
Updated November 5, 2014. We fought hard for the Tester-Hagan amendment to exempt small-scale, direct-marketing farms and artisan food producers from the most burdensome aspects of…
Friday Roundup: Latest Food & Activism News
Country of Origin Labeling, Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, San Antonio Water Supply, Citizen Activism Workshop in Austin, TX As the weather starts to cool down, food and…
EPA and USDA Approved Dow’s 2,4-D Resistant Seeds and Pesticide
It’s official. EPA and USDA have both evaluated Dow Chemical’s new line of 2,4-D-resistant seeds, Enlist — and have approved both the seeds and the accompanying…
Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement Could Undermine GMO Labeling
FARFA joined with seventy consumer, farm and food groups, and businesses on a letter urging the Obama Administration not to restrict efforts to label genetically engineered…
Alert (Texas): Protect the water supply for rural counties in Central Texas
Tell the San Antonio City Council not to raid the water we need for agriculture! October 7, 2014 update: The San Antonio City Council will…
New food safety regulations proposed
The FDA has just released the revised proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This action comes after thousands of people protested the unnecessary…
USDA signals approval of Dow’s 2,4-D-resistant seeds
But our fight to protect our food system must continue. Last week, USDA announced final plans to give Dow the green light to begin marketing…
Fifty Members of Congress Press EPA and USDA to Reject New GE Crops
Thank you to everyone who wrote and called their U.S. Congress men and women to oppose the new use of the toxic herbicide 2,4-D. Click here…
Action Alert: USDA Doesn’t Need Submachine Guns – Disarm the Bureaucrats
The recent solicitation by USDA for submachine guns raised concern among farmers and local food consumers. Why would an agency tasked with regulating agriculture in our…