Last summer, USDA announced $300 million in funding for projects dedicated to increasing land access for underserved farmers through the USDA Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program. This historic, one-time funding opportunity directly addressed our land access policy asks and One Million Acres for the Future campaign, providing federal support for community-led land access initiatives benefiting young and BIPOC farmers across the country.
With Congress now in the midst of setting 2023 Farm Bill priorities, we are at a critical moment to ensure that this funding becomes permanent and truly works for our communities. The Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act (H.R.3955, S.2340), which has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and in the House with bipartisan support by Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), Zach Nunn (R-IA-03), Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), would expand the promise of the Land, Capital, and Market Access Program and authorize $100 million in annual funding for community-led land access solutions through the 2023 Farm Bill.
Your voices have helped envision and shape this legislation, and now is the moment we need your support to ensure this historic funding becomes part of the 2023 Farm Bill. With your support, we can activate our networks to join us in calling on our Members of Congress to support this monumental bill.
How you can help
FOR FARMERS:
- Share our action alert about the bill with your networks to encourage individuals to ask their members of Congress to co-sponsor H.R.3955 and S.2340.
- Encourage individuals in your network to sign up for our Farm Bill Rapid Response Network.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES:
- Sign on to our letter to Congress about the bill here. You can read the full text of the letter here.
- Take action using our Partner Action Toolkit. This toolkit contains background information and talking points, sample social media and newsletter language, an op-ed template, and an example press release.
- Share our action alert about the bill with your networks to encourage individuals to ask their members of Congress to co-sponsor H.R.3955 and S.2340.
- Encourage individuals in your network to sign up for our Farm Bill Rapid Response Network.
Are you interested in joining our campaign?
Are you a corporation or partner interested in working with the National Young Farmers Coalition to equitably transition land to the next generation of farmers? Email land@youngfarmers.org.
178 organizations have joined our campaign!
SIGN-ON UPDATE: On September 20, 2023, we sent this letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership with 175 organizations signed on in addition to Young Farmers. We are continuing to accept sign-ons and will add your organization to this landing page. We will share support for this legislation with members of Congress as our advocacy efforts continue until the farm bill is passed and implemented. Please reach out to Holly (holly@youngfarmers.org) with any questions. Thank you!
National:
- 2020 Farmers Cooperative
- Agrarian Trust
- Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
- American Farmland Trust
- American Indian Mothers, Inc.
- American Sustainable Business Network
- California Certified Organic Farmers
- Ceres
- The Circular Farm, LLC
- Climate Reality Project Regenerative Agriculture Coalition
- The Conservation Fund
- Crunchy Mama Box
- Daily Harvest
- Dtocs, LLC
- Earthjustice
- Ecco Bella
- Empower Next Generations
- Farm Aid
- Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
- Farmers Market Coalition
- Food Animal Concerns Trust
- GreenLatinos
- HEAL Food Alliance
- Health Care Without Harm
- Hipcamp
- Integrated Rural Strategies Group at Neighborhood Funders Group
- Intertribal Agriculture Coalition
- Intuitive Digital
- Kiss the Ground
- Kuli Kuli, Inc.
- Maple Valley Cooperative
- MegaFood
- National Family Farm Coalition
- Native Farm Bill Coalition
- National Co-op Grocers
- National Family Farm Coalition
- National Organic Coalition
- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
- Native Farm Bill Coalition
- Natural Habitats America
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- North American Climate, Conservation and Environment
- Not Our Farm
- Organic Farming Research
- QUINN
- Resource Renewal Institute
- Rural Coalition
- SAFSF
- Spoiler Alert
- Steward
- Sustainable Futures Consulting
- SymBio
- Trust for Public Land
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Women, Food, and Agriculture Network
Regional:
- Abahac, Inc.
- Berkshire Grown
- Berkshire Natural Resources Council
- Black Dirt Farm Collective
- Braiding Seeds Fellowship
- Broadhead
- Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship
- Center for Land-Based Learning
- Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
- Foodshed Capital
- Ecological Farming Association
- Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming
- HOPE for Small Farm Sustainability
- Hudson Valley CSA Coalition
- Hudson Valley Food Systems Coalition
- Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative
- Land For Good
- Land Stewardship Project
- La Semilla Food Center
- NM Healthy Soil Working Group
- North American Climate, Conservation, and Environment
- Northeast Farmers of Color Network
- Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance
- Northeast Organic Farming Association-Interstate Council
- Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
- Northwest Forest Worker Center
- Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
- Renewing the Countryside
- RI Food Policy Council
- Rincon-Vitova Insectaries, Inc.
- Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
- Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
- Toxic Free NC
- The Zoo City Farm and Food Network
- World Farmers
State:
- Addison County Relocalization Network
- Adirondack Council’s Essex Farm Institute
- Agroecology Commons
- Berkshire Agricultural Ventures
- Bi-Rite Family of Businesses
- Black Oregon Land Trust
- Coastal Acres, LLC
- Chicago Food Policy Action Council
- Common Ground Farm Collective
- Cosmic Pit Family Farm
- Cultivate Kansas City
- Deep Roots Farmers Market
- Dirtbaby Farm
- Douglas County Food Policy Council
- East End Food
- Feed Iowa First
- Friends of Family Farmers
- Genesee Land Trust, Inc.
- Global Technology Education, LLC
- Grandmothers’ Village Project
- Greener Partners
- Guilford Agricultural Society, Inc.
- Harvest OG
- Healthy Way Market
- Heublein Poultry Farm
- Hidden Acre Farm
- Hudson Valley Young Farmers Coalition
- Hungry Reaper Farm
- Illinois Stewardship Alliance
- Irish Town Farm, LLC
- Kansas Black Farmers Association
- Kansas Rural Center
- Kershaw County Farmers Market
- Light Spectrum Solutions, LLC
- Little Africa Food Cooperative
- Lon Lon Agro LTD
- Maine Farmland Trust
- Maine Organic Farmers and Gardners Association
- Michigan Food and Farming Systems
- Narrative Food
- Natural Components
- New CT Farmer Alliance
- New Jersey Food Democracy Collaborative
- New Roots Community Farm
- Northeast Organic Farming Organization
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
- Northwest Corner Farm
- Nourish Colorado
- Oak Grove Meadows, LLC
- Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
- Pinnacle Prevention
- Plant It Forward
- Poudre Valley Community Farms
- Poughkeepsie Farm Project
- Practical Farmers of Iowa
- Project Roots
- Red Jen Ford Health and Wellness
- Resource Conservation District of Monterey County
- Rockfarm Beefalo
- Rooted Emergence
- San Diego Food System Alliance
- Sierra Family Farms
- Soil Generation
- Southside Food Co-op
- Sustainable Iowa Land Trust
- Texas Small Farmers and Ranchers/CBO
- Tierras Milperas
- Triangle Land Conservancy
- Urban Bush Sistah’s
- Urban Oasis Project, Inc.
- Urban Soul Farmer
- Virginia Tech
- Washington Farmland Trust
- West Michigan Chapter of Young Farmers
- Wild Rose Healing
- Woonton Family Farms, LLC
- Workin’ Rootz
- Yang Farm
