NSAC

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) on federal food & farm policy. Working for family farms, the environment, healthy food, strong communities!

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📢3 years overdue, Congress is rushing to finalize a #farmbill, prioritizing politics over the policy & investments farmers need right now.💻Email your Representative telling them to vote NO on the House farm bill and go back to the drawing board.
🔗https://t.co/iyucNZN5PG

[NSAC @sustainableag]

USDA's New REAP Rule Puts Program Out of Reach for Most Farmers📮@USDA's rule asks farmers to pay for energy projects upfront & wait a year to compete for grants w/ no guarantee of support. Small farms shouldn’t be left behind. Read NSAC's analysis & recs: https://t.co/FPVBBv45bP

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🚜Farm Aid is more than a concert-it’s a community rooted in collective action. From local food networks to farmer-led advocacy, NSAC reflects on the people, partnerships & stories powering a more resilient food system. Read our #FarmAid2026 recap: https://t.co/wqv5JhK6co

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🗞️Farmers need relief & a future beyond one-time payments. @USDA new $8B program is another stopgap. @sustainableag calls for equitable aid, stronger domestic markets, & conservation investments that reduce input costs & build long-term farm resilience.
🔗https://t.co/KQqTzsfY5y

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📰#ICYMI Great commentary on how @USDA staffing cuts are leaving North Dakota farmers facing longer waits, delayed programs, & empty local offices, right when they need support most. Local FSA staff are essential to getting farm programs into the field.
🔗https://t.co/eX8n2FAHG4

[Agri-Pulse Communications @agripulse]

The USDA has been ordered to halt its reorganization and relocation efforts by a federal judge who said the department had likely violated a congressional directive prohibiting it from spending money on the plan.

#USDA #USDAreorganization
https://t.co/a0RYxFzR48

[Marcia Brown @Marcia_Brown9]

A federal court halted USDA's sweeping reorganization plan.

Details on the ruling from last night and more @politico
https://t.co/tYGuR2f3Ao

[Farm Aid @FarmAid]

Michael Carter Jr. is the fifth generation to steward his family land. But a proposed transmission line tied to the region’s growing data center industry threatens the future of his farm, and farms across the region from West Virginia to Maryland.

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🥕NSAC's latest blog post looks at a new @USDA rule to increase healthy food options for families that receive SNAP benefits, which has generated confusion for farmers, farmers' markets, & other local food stores that accept SNAP or plan to.📮Details:
https://t.co/XSOaSLRz0O

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🏙️🌱#Urbanagriculture is at risk. @USDA's urban ag office hasn’t awarded grants since FY24, while $12M in mandated funding remains withheld.📮NSAC's latest post looks at what’s at stake & what Congress can do to protect urban farmers.
https://t.co/hj2CrdIu3n #farmbill #urbanag

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🗳️🚜Check out this cool resource from @FarmAid on putting farmers, food systems, workers, communities, land & water at the center of decision-making. Learn how to use your vote to help shape a better future for our farm & food system: https://t.co/0ong2BCjlG #vote

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📽️Catch NSAC's Richa Patel today at GWU following the DC premiere of #Groundswell, a film spotlighting farmers, food, land & regeneration. Richa joins Frank Sesno, Heather Dawn Thompson & Laura Turner Seydel to discuss turning ideas into meaningful change. https://t.co/YfDxx1LmzR

[NSAC @sustainableag]

We're so proud to see Becky Schewe & Bernie Kluger highlight their research on the @USDA staffing crisis & its impact on North Dakota farmers in the @gfherald. Local USDA staff are essential to delivering the support producers count on. Read more: https://t.co/eX8n2FBfvC

[NSAC @sustainableag]

Yesterday, NSAC kicked off #ClimateWeek joining a @YoungFarmers Climate Roundtable in NYC. CO & NC farmers shared how funding freezes & extreme weather impact their operations. Panelists shared solutions & policies needed to build #resilience amid climate & political uncertainty.

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📰Senate Ag Committee just advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026 on a 12–11 party-line vote. Passage is a step forward, but we need a bipartisan #FarmBill that protects conservation funding, supports family farmers & invests in local food systems. Details: https://t.co/9ktY2O0jgG

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📮📢Farm safety-net dollars should actually go to farmers! Weak “actively engaged in farming” rules can funnel payments away from people working the land. NSAC's latest post looks @ the loopholes & reforms needed to keep the farm in the farm safety net: https://t.co/iG6IFL1k1u

[NSAC @sustainableag]

Save the date for the 2027 @OEFFA Conference: Tending to Resilience, February 12-14. They are currently accepting workshop speaker applications until September 21. Details: https://t.co/R1fv5cnG63

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📉Illinois & the Midwest saw large reductions in @USDA #conservation staff in 2025, w/ Illinois losing 77 @USDA_NRCS staff & some counties losing all local support. Fewer staff = fewer resources for farmers pursuing conservation. #sustainableagriculture🗞️https://t.co/kFLL3z93QE

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🌿Federal cuts are leaving farmers with fewer conservation experts, longer waits, & less access to funding for soil and water projects. In some areas, entire counties have lost @USDA_NRCS staff. Great piece on what that means for farmers & conservation:📻🔗https://t.co/06TuvgLxCm

[NSAC @sustainableag]

🗞️NSAC welcomes attention to local processors & farmer protection, but announcements must lead to action. Stronger Packers & Stockyards Act enforcement, expanded market access & investment in small processors are needed to address consolidation.🔗Details: https://t.co/QCLyQulWtU

[NSAC @sustainableag]

📮🥕@USDA’s new “Harvest to Hallways” initiative recognizes the importance of getting fresh, #localfood into schools but falls short w/ out the sustained investment schools, farmers & food-system partners need.🔗See this guest post from @ITAP for details: https://t.co/I9EuW7LnEY