🚨10am EST, House Ag Committee will mark up their draft of the farm bill! The markup will be livestreamed, and NSAC will be tweeting live updates🚨 https://t.co/HmBewVNZy4 via @cspan
The House draft of the #farmbill proposes to eradicate the Conservation Stewardship Program. Cuts to working lands conservation programs alone are over $7B/10 years: https://t.co/NLgc2yhOOc
House draft bill eliminates several programs critical to farmer entrepreneurship, like the Value-Added Producer Grant Program and Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program! https://t.co/U3zgBC60OF #farmbill#localfood
We are disappointed that the Chairman's mark fails to remove barriers to conservation and stewardship activities within the federal crop insurance program: https://t.co/GKYp9hz16B #farmbill#conservation#cropinsurance
Overall, the House draft farm bill makes a nearly $1B cut to conservation programs over 10 years (this is on TOP of the $4B hit that the conservation title took in the last farm bill!): https://t.co/4sUuEfua9F #conservation#farmbill
Columbia Restaurants Can Donate Food Instead of Throwing It Away with App https://t.co/TbHml2PdkC #sctweets Great job @ColumbiaSCFPC@bourboncolumbia @laurenjhharper 🙌
So far 41% of SC’s farmers have returned their 2017 Census of Agriculture. There is still time to respond, so please complete your census questionnaire online or by mail so that South Carolina is fully represented and receives its fair share of USDA resources. #agcensus#agchat
We're signing on to support The SOIL Stewardship Act to streamline & strengthen the #FarmBill 's 2 major working lands conservation programs: the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) & the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). @sustainableag https://t.co/NBZ5ynoTKS
Opportunities for Local Food in South Carolina are bountiful: w/ 80 advocates in the state attending today's Food Hub Conversation, it is clear there is a hunger for info. Kicking things off by sharing an update from SC Food Hub Network and SC Local Food System Roadmap projects.
Chefs+local ingredients make for a great night with friends @CityRootsSC farm! Join us for our annual Chef Showcase to support community projects: https://t.co/9SM9uiWtKt