Release: Broad Coalition of Conservation Organizations Endorses Recommendations to Strengthen...

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/22 10:14A Laura Zaks

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Release: Broad Coalition of Conservation Organizations Endorses Recommendations to Strengthen Conservation in the 2023 Farm Bill...

The IPCC’s Latest Climate Report is a Final Alarm for Food Systems, Too

Civil Eats 3/20 10:39A Lisa Held

The world’s top climate scientists are not pulling any punches in their latest assessment : The climate crisis is already affecting the world’s food supply and exacerbating hunger—and those impacts are going to get worse. “Rapid and far-reaching...

This Farm Bill Really Matters. We Explain Why.

Civil Eats 3/19 10:00P Lisa Held

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter. Become a member today and get the next issue directly in your inbox. In Wichita, Kansas, Donna Pearson...

FARMERS AND ADVOCATES MARCH FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN THE 2023 FARM BILL

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/15 6:04A grassrootsintern

Rally participants on their way to the Capitol . Photo credit: Paul Morigi, Getty Images With the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization underway, action is necessary to ensure that the biggest piece of food...

Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Indigenous Water Rights in the Southwest

Civil Eats 3/14 10:00P Virginia Gewin

Tucked away on the northern New Mexico portion of the 27,000-square-mile Navajo Nation is a green oasis in an otherwise arid, often overgrazed landscape. The region, which received only 3.8 inches of...

Release: President Announces Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture Spending

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/13 10:59A Laura Zaks

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Release: President Announces Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture Spending Washington, DC, Monday, March 13, 2023...

Alaska’s Climate-Driven Fisheries Collapse Is Devastating Indigenous Communities

Civil Eats 3/12 10:00P Kate Nelson

“Fishing is more than simply having means to fill the pantry with my favorite food,” says U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), the first Alaska Native (Yup’ik) in Congress. Like so many Alaska Natives, Peltola grew up fishing for salmon with...

Farmers March for Urgent Climate Action in DC

Civil Eats 3/8 10:00P Lisa Held

Agrarian movements in the U.S. are rooted in a storied history. Enslaved Black people who were forced to work in cotton and other fields revolted over 100 times between the 17th and 19th century ....

Release: Farmers and Advocates Rally and March for a Climate-Focused Farm Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/7 12:48P Laura Zaks

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Release: Farmers and Advocates Rally and March for a Climate-Focused Farm Bill Washington, DC, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 — Today,...

USDA ANNOUNCES LATEST ROUND OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM PROJECTS

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/7 9:19A Hannah Quigley

On February 14, The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $133 million available in competitive grant funding through the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) to develop, coordinate, and...

After Centuries of Exploitation, Will Indigenous Communities in Biodiversity Hotspots Finally Get...

Civil Eats 3/6 10:00P Mark Schapiro

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter.  Become a member today  and get the next issue in your inbox. From the time when the Italian naturalist...

School Food Chefs Learn to Plot Healthier Menus With a New Fellowship

Civil Eats 3/5 10:00P Anne Marshall-Chalmers

Zena Martinez, a food-program specialist with the Glendale Union High School District in Glendale, Arizona, calls the spicy chicken patty she serves for lunch the “bane of her existence.” The students...

A Look at the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/3 3:11A Laura Zaks

The 2018 Farm Bill offered a variety of victories for NSAC’s priorities. It also elevated attention and support for the growing number of urban agriculture and small-scale innovative producers across...

Release: Farmers Come to DC Asking Policymakers to Make Climate a Priority in the Farm Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/2 10:27A Laura Zaks

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Release: Farmers Come to DC Asking Policymakers to Make Climate a Priority in the Farm Bill Washington, DC, March 2, 2023 – Next...

Guest Post: Still Closed Out

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/2 5:17A Laura Zaks

Editor’s Note: This blog post is authored Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP). ITAP is an NSAC member...