Yearly Archives: 2023

113 posts

Farmers Deserve Fair and Equitable Access to Credit

July 27, 2023
On May 2, 2023, as a part of the Pointing the Farm Bill Towards Racial Justice Summit, RAFI Policy Director Margaret Krome-Lukens participated in a Senate briefing on racial justice in the Farm Bill.  She remarks on the Fair Credit for Farmers Act, and the stories that drove us to fight for this bill.
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Re-Framing SNAP and Work Requirements

July 13, 2023
On June 30, Come to the Table partnered with RAFI’s Challenging Corporate Power Program to host a webinar entitled “Food as a Human Right: Re-Framing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Work Requirements.” The webinar addressed the history of SNAP, how work requirements have been tied to eligibility, and the energy behind the “food as a human right” movement.
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Farmers of Color Grant Recipients

FOCN 2023 Infrastructure Grantees

July 7, 2023
Announcing the fourth year of RAFI Farmers of Color Network Infrastructure grants. Over the four years of the program $706,000 has been awarded to farmers in the Southeast U.S.
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La Fase 2 del ERP: qué es y quiénes pueden solicitar

June 21, 2023
La Fase 2 del Programa de Ayuda de Emergencia (ERP, por sus siglas en inglés) es un programa basado en los ingresos que calcula las pérdidas experimentadas por un agricultor o agricultora a raíz de un desastre natural utilizando los registros fiscales y financieros, en vez del historial de producción normalmente requerido por los programas de la Agencia de Servicios Agrícolas (FSA, por sus siglas en inglés). El ERP brinda asistencia por pérdidas de cultivos causadas por ciertos desastres calificantes ocurridos en los años naturales 2020 y 2021.
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Brown Family Farm Blessing of the Land

June 15, 2023
As a celebration of partnership and community, Wake County held its fifth Blessing of the Land gathering at Brown Family Farm. Usually at the beginning of the season, the Blessing of the Land is a chance for shareholders, farmers, and community members to gather on the farmer’s land and bless it for the coming season.
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102 Groups Urge Congress to Choose Farmers over Big Meat in Ag

June 14, 2023
102 farmer, rancher, consumer, labor, farmworker, and faith organizations, inclucing RAFI, sent a letter urging the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations to remove a policy rider from its FY24 Agriculture Appropriations bill when it is considered during Wednesday’s markup.
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