RAFI Announces 2024 RAFI Infrastructure Grants
July 10, 2024
RAFI is now accepting applications for Infrastructure grants. Applications are due August 9, 2024.
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Press Releases
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RAFI Praises USDA's Proposed Rule on Poultry Tournament Systems
June 3, 2024
Secretary Vilsack and the USDA's proposed rule will allow contract poultry growers to reliably estimate their income for the first time in decades.
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RAFI Welcomes Sen. Stabenow's Farm Bill Framework
May 6, 2024
On May 1, Sen. Stabenow released a Farm Bill Framework in the form of a section-by-section. RAFI commends this strong foundation for further negotiations.
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Press Release: RAFI and Farm Aid Call for Reform Based on New Report RE: USDA Farm Loan Appeals
March 12, 2024
Farmers who had been denied federal loans by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) won only 17% of cases in the USDA’s National Appeals Division (NAD).
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Press Release: RAFI Commends the Finalization of USDA's Packers & Stockyards New Rule
March 6, 2024
RAFI and contract growers have been advocating for this for years. And it finally paid off. This rule will strengthen the act's protections against discrimination, retaliation, and deception in livestock and poultry markets.
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62 Groups to Biden: Swift Completion of P&S Act Rules Needed to Protect Historic Competition Advances
December 13, 2023
Today 62 organizations sent a letter to President Biden expressing concern that that the pace of USDA’s progress on its Packers and Stockyards Act rulemakings could put them in jeopardy.
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Finalized USDA Rule Would Increase Transparency in Poultry Industry
November 9, 2023
Reforms Would Require Poultry Companies to Disclose New Information on Earning Potential, Input Quality, and Tournament Groups and Formulas
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Sen. Fetterman Introduces S.2792 in Collaboration with RAFI
September 15, 2023
On Tuesday, September 13, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), in close collaboration with RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA), introduced the Strengthening Local Meat Economies Act (S.2792), which will take action against runaway corporate concentration in the meatpacking industry by redirecting over $300 million in federal procurement toward local meat processors rather than multinational corporations, over a four-year period.
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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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