Sign On Letter

Letter to Ambassador Lighthizer and Commissioner Hogan

Download a PFD of the letter here.    Dear Ambassador Lighthizer, dear Commissioner Hogan,

Statement in Support of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Agroecology and Small- Scale Food Producers & Against US Obstructionism

The United Nations (UN) Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has been leading a process to study and implement agroecology around the world to address food security, rural livelihoods, and climate change.

Worldwide Civil Society Organizations Denounce US Government Obstruction of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Policy Convergence Process for Solutions to Food Security and Nutrition Crisis

While the world is experiencing a new rise in hunger and malnutrition for the third consecutive year after decades of decline, the US government is aiming at systematically undermining the role of the CFS as the foremost inclusive intergovernmental and international political platform to address the food security and nutrition crisis.

Farm and food groups to Congress: Reject the USMCA

We write to you as representatives of US family farm, ranching, farmworker, local foods, public health, and sustainable agriculture organizations to urge you to reject the current version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA).

Coalition letter to Governor Dayton

IATP was one of 70 organizations signing a letter to Governor Mark Dayton opposing proposed cuts to Farm to School and Early Care, the Good Food Access Program and Urban Agriculture in Minnesota's final supplemental budget bill. That letter with full list of signatories can be found below. 

CFFE urges Representatives to reject Farm Bill

Dear Representative, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to vote NO on H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018. This Farm Bill promotes corporate agriculture over American family farms, will result in even more corporate concentration across the agricultural industry and will harm family farmers, rural communities and the environment.

NFFC Dairy Crisis Letter

More than fifty family farmer, labor and consumer organizations urged federal agriculture policymakers to take immediate steps to help US dairy farmers, who have struggled for years with milk prices that are well below their costs of production. 

Rural Energy for America Program Letter

The following was taken from an April 3, 2018, letter from 75 organizations expressing support for the Rural Energy for America Program addressed to the chairmen and the ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees. Dear Chairman Roberts, Ranking Member Stabenow, Chairman Conaway, Ranking Member Peterson:

EQIP Farm Bill Letter

The following is taken from an April 11, 2018 letter from the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members,