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April Week of Action, April 22-29, 2025
Our food system and farmers are under attack, and we won’t stand by as Congress and USDA dismantle the essential programs and resources that we all depend on. Amidst all of the chaos and uncertainty, we are working together to both protect farmers and people from further harm and win positive policy change that will…
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RELEASE: 165+ Agriculture Organizations and Leaders call on USDA to Unfreeze the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program
For Immediate Release 165+ Agriculture Organizations and Leaders call on USDA to Unfreeze the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Washington, D.C. (April 17, 2025) Today, 168 organizations and businesses sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, urging the full…
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RELEASE: Willie Nelson, Farm Aid, David Senter, American Agriculture Movement, and National Young Farmers Coalition Issue Letter to Young Farmers in Emerging Farm Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Willie Nelson, Farm Aid, David Senter, American Agriculture Movement, and National Young Farmers Coalition Issue Letter to Young Farmers in Emerging Farm Crisis Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Spicewood, Texas (April 17, 2025) The National Young Farmers Coalition joins Willie Nelson, Founder and President…
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Fighting for Land Access for Young Farmers in the New Administration
Last month, National Young Farmers Coalition member Sedrick Rowe, a young, first-generation, Black farmer traveled from his organic peanut, watermelon, sunflower, and hemp farm in Albany, Georgia to Washington, D.C. to testify before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee. He shared about the barriers he has faced as a farmer who did not inherit farmland in…
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RELEASE: New bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House and Senate proposes innovative solutions to the farmland access crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House and Senate proposes innovative solutions to the farmland access crisis Contact: Evan Flom, Campaign Communications ManagerNational Young Farmers Coalitionpress@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 742 Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025) Today, the bipartisan New Producer Economic Security Act (H.R.2536, S.1237) was introduced in the U.S. House and Senate…
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Stopgap Spending Bill Averts Shutdown But Fails to Provide Long-Term Stability for Farmers
Last week, Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown by passing a six-month stopgap spending bill, extending government funding through September 30, 2025. A stopgap spending bill, or continuing resolution (CR), is a temporary measure that prevents a government shutdown by maintaining federal funding at current levels while lawmakers negotiate a long-term budget. This measure received…
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Things that you can do today in response to the executive orders
The following is advice from consumer advocacy groups and farm advocacy groups. It should not be taken as legal advice or otherwise. It is possible that several protections around consumer financial resources will be removed in the following weeks, as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education potentially get dismantled. Consumer advocacy…
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RELEASE: Young Farmer Leader Sedrick Rowe to Testify Before Senate Agriculture Committee on Barriers to Credit and Risk Management
Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Washington, D.C. (March 11, 2025) This afternoon, Sedrick Rowe, a young, Black farmer from Albany, Georgia, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in a hearing titled Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit,…
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RELEASE: Young Farmers Celebrates Re-introduction of Bipartisan Legislation for Pre-Approval of Direct Farm Ownership Loans
Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Washington, D.C. (March 10, 2025) Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), John Hoeven (R-ND), and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan Farm Ownership Improvement Act, S. 910 in the Senate. If enacted, the bill would make loan programs work…
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RELEASE: National Young Farmers Coalition reacts to House budget and proposed cuts to agriculture and SNAP
Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications and Digital Advocacy Director National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 (Washington, D.C., February 28, 2025) Yesterday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a budget resolution (217-215) that advances President Trump’s legislative agenda while imposing devastating spending cuts, including at least $230 billion from the Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction. These cuts are…