RAFI-USA Farm Advocacy Program

[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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Tom Trantham: "RAFI told me the truth."

December 26, 2013

"At the lowest time of my life as a farmer, RAFI appeared. And RAFI told me the truth." RAFI board member and legendary farmer Tom Trantham gives us an end-of-the-year video message.

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30 Days: Farm Advocates Betty Puckett and Benny Bunting

November 26, 2013

The unselfish loyalty that Betty Puckett and Benny Bunting have dedicated to family farmers is incomparable.

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Managing Specialty Crop Risk in North Carolina

November 15, 2013

Over the past year, RAFI worked with specialty crop farmers across North Carolina to research and write Managing Specialty Crop Risk in North Carolina.

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[Guest Post] FSMA: There’s Something Happening Here

November 4, 2013

The Food Safety Modernization Act is about authority and policy being used to favor a fully industrialized food system, says Brian Snyder of the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture.

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TCRF Announces 2014 Grant Program

October 22, 2013

Applications are now open for RAFI’s 2014 Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund grants. The grants are $8,000 each or $10,000 for a collaborative group project.

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Monday Resource Rodeo Postponed Due to Government Shutdown

October 4, 2013

Due to the government shutdown, our Resource Rodeo for Oct. 7, in Silk Hope, NC has been postponed.

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Government Shutdown Harms Family Farms

October 1, 2013

Congress, by not doing its job, may be costing more than 1,400 farmers their farms, and more than 3,100 farmers their dreams of farming.

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Press Release: Free NC Resource Rodeos for Farmers - Sept. 30, Oct. 7

September 25, 2013

There is no other forum where a farmer can get a hot meal and start valuable relationships with a host of the most relevant federal, state, philanthropic and non-profit resource providers around them—all for free.

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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.

Farm Advocacy

[Action Alert] Save Organics in the 2014 Farm Bill

January 9, 2014

Tom Trantham: "RAFI told me the truth."

December 26, 2013

30 Days: Farm Advocates Betty Puckett and Benny Bunting

November 26, 2013

Managing Specialty Crop Risk in North Carolina

November 15, 2013

[Guest Post] FSMA: There’s Something Happening Here

November 4, 2013

TCRF Announces 2014 Grant Program

October 22, 2013

Monday Resource Rodeo Postponed Due to Government Shutdown

October 4, 2013

Government Shutdown Harms Family Farms

October 1, 2013

Press Release: Free NC Resource Rodeos for Farmers - Sept. 30, Oct. 7

September 25, 2013

Farm Advocacy Program

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.

Farm Advocacy Program

Farmer's Crisis Hotline 866.586.6746

Farmer's Crisis Hotline
866.586.6746