As of this month, our nation’s food and farm policy in the form of the 2008 Farm Bill
has officially expired, with no workable replacement moving forward in Congress.
This has left critical programs high and dry with no funding – and means Congress
dodged the chance to make real reforms and an investment in an equitable,
sustainable future for food and farms in America.
With no new farm bill or extension, the programs that address rural and urban
job creation, training opportunities for beginning farmers, natural resource
conservation, and access to healthy food are in big trouble.
Can Congress still finish a farm bill this year? YES!
There is a short window of time for Congress to finish the bill when they return to
DC after Election Day. So when Congress returns to the Hill, we’ll need YOU and
other farmers and advocates across the country to tell them loud and clear: we need
an equitable, sustainable 2012 Farm Bill!
On October 24th, Food Day, California FarmLink is launching a major grassroots
effort in collaboration with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and allies
across the nation to make our voices heard. Stay tuned and look for a call to action
soon – it’s going to take all of us.
