Press Releases Archives - Page 6 of 12

RAFI-USA Distributes Over $120,000 in Pandemic Assistance to North Carolina Farmers and Communities

July 10, 2020

Emergency small grants help farmers with household bills, and connect church feeding programs with local food producers.

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RAFI-USA Stands with People of Color Against Police Brutality

June 3, 2020

RAFI-USA stands against racism, police brutality, racist vigilante violence, and state violence. As an agricultural advocacy organization, we recognize that the food and farming system in the U.S. was and continues to be based on the exploitation of marginalized people.

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Farm Aid Names RAFI-USA as 2019 Grantee

December 26, 2019

Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA) is thrilled to be included on Farm Aid’s 2019 grantee list. For 30 years, RAFI-USA has been the recipient of grants from Farm Aid that have helped us continue to provide one-on-one personal farmer assistance, which is critical to keeping family farms in business.

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Food Purchasers Show their Support for Sourcing from Farmers of Color

November 14, 2019

In November 2019, the Farmers of Color Network hosted its inaugural Farmers & Buyers Connect networking event at Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen in Durham, NC. The event included as participants more than 50 local farmers of color, chefs, and retail and wholesale buyers.

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Press Release: 84,000 Signatures Strong, Groups Demand USDA Protect Farmers over Meat Monopolies

October 10, 2019

Today, farm and rural advocacy organizations delivered more than 84,000 petition signatures to USDA offices as part of a campaign urging the agency to take action to protect farmers from corporate abuse and exploitation in the livestock sector.

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Press Release: Family Farmers Go to Washington, Cry Foul Over Meat Industry Abuse

July 16, 2019

Family farmers and advocates from the country’s top agricultural states took to Capitol Hill this week to expose what they say have been decades of abuse by the nation’s largest meat companies.

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Press Release: USDA Must Write Rules Protecting Farmers from Retaliation this June

May 22, 2019

RAFI-USA urges the USDA to finally deliver for the tens of thousands of family farmers in this industry.

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Press Release: Agricultural Reinvestment Fund 2019 Grant Awards

March 6, 2019

26 grants awarded to NC farmers for innovative projects.

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2019 Come to the Table Conference

January 14, 2019

The 2019 Come to the Table conference theme is Called to Action: Uprooting Hunger and Cultivating Justice. Participants will examine the root causes of hunger, and leave energized to go back to their communities to challenge the systemic nature of hunger and build a more just food system.

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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.

Press Releases

RAFI-USA Distributes Over $120,000 in Pandemic Assistance to North Carolina Farmers and Communities

July 10, 2020

RAFI-USA Stands with People of Color Against Police Brutality

June 3, 2020

Farm Aid Names RAFI-USA as 2019 Grantee

December 26, 2019

Food Purchasers Show their Support for Sourcing from Farmers of Color

November 14, 2019

Press Release: 84,000 Signatures Strong, Groups Demand USDA Protect Farmers over Meat Monopolies

October 10, 2019

Press Release: Family Farmers Go to Washington, Cry Foul Over Meat Industry Abuse

July 16, 2019

Press Release: USDA Must Write Rules Protecting Farmers from Retaliation this June

May 22, 2019

Press Release: Agricultural Reinvestment Fund 2019 Grant Awards

March 6, 2019

2019 Come to the Table Conference

January 14, 2019