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Media Release: NPR features RAFI’s work in story about new book, The Meat Racket

February 19, 2014

"Farmers who speak up risk everything they own. Industry retaliation is well documented,” says RAFI Executive Director Scott Marlow. “The price of cheap chicken is the exploitation of people, land and animals."

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2014 Farm Bill Analysis: GIPSA

February 14, 2014

We can cheer the fact that the Farm Bill negotiators rejected the intense pressure from poultry companies and meatpackers to roll back key protections that require them to use fair business practices in their dealings with farmers.

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2014 Farm Bill Analysis: Crop Insurance

February 12, 2014

After many years of hard work and patience, we can claim a victory for diversified farms in the 2014 Farm Bill. RAFI looks forward to working with producers and the USDA to further ensure a fair risk management system for sustainable agriculture.

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RAFI Joins Farm Hack to Document and Promote 17 Years of Farmer-Driven Innovation

February 10, 2014

“RAFI is 100% in line with Farm Hack’s mission to get the best farming practices and knowledge into the public domain, and to create a food system that produces the kind of food we collectively want to eat, that we can trust, and that supports a resilient agricultural system,” said Farm Hack Co-Founder Dorn Cox.

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RAFI Statement on Final Farm Bill Passage in U.S. House

January 30, 2014

Despite a broken process and the removal of payment limitations, which had received support in both the House and Senate version of the Farm Bill, the final bill includes positive provisions.

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A Place at the Table screens in NC this weekend

January 23, 2014

1 in 6 Americans are affected by hunger every day. This Sunday, join us at The Rialto in Raleigh for a free showing of the documentary, “A Place at the Table”.

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[Press Release] Healthcare: The Impact of ACA on Rural Communities

January 15, 2014

In the midst of the national scramble to determine how we all access healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, it's crucial that we consider the specific impacts on populations that are often thought of last: farmers, farmworkers, and rural folks in general

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Action Alert: Stand up for Fairness in the Farm Bill!

January 10, 2014

The time to fight for the rights of our nation's independent producers against abuses by large corporations, for common sense, and for long overdue reforms to commodity subsidy programs, is right now.

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[Action Alert] Save Organics in the 2014 Farm Bill

January 9, 2014

What's at stake here? Critical assistance for organic farmers through the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. If we don't act NOW, this program could be completely defunded -- stripping farmers of a vital source of support in helping meet growing demand for organic food and to create local jobs.

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RAFI challenges the root causes of unjust food systems, supporting and advocating for economically, racially, and ecologically just farm communities.

We envision a thriving, sustainable, and equitable food system.

We believe that our work is inherently interconnected, and when we work together our cooperation makes us stronger and more effective.

RAFI challenges the root causes of unjust food systems, supporting and advocating for economically, racially, and ecologically just farm communities.

We envision a thriving, sustainable, and equitable food system.

We believe that our work is inherently interconnected, and when we work together our cooperation makes us stronger and more effective.

Yearly Archives: 2014

Media Release: NPR features RAFI’s work in story about new book, The Meat Racket

February 19, 2014

2014 Farm Bill Analysis: GIPSA

February 14, 2014

2014 Farm Bill Analysis: Crop Insurance

February 12, 2014

RAFI Joins Farm Hack to Document and Promote 17 Years of Farmer-Driven Innovation

February 10, 2014

RAFI Statement on Final Farm Bill Passage in U.S. House

January 30, 2014

A Place at the Table screens in NC this weekend

January 23, 2014

[Press Release] Healthcare: The Impact of ACA on Rural Communities

January 15, 2014

Action Alert: Stand up for Fairness in the Farm Bill!

January 10, 2014

[Action Alert] Save Organics in the 2014 Farm Bill

January 9, 2014