Tag: farm bill

International Fresh Produce Association’s Rebeckah Adcock and John Hollay traveled to Texas the first week of March to bring IFPA’s advocacy priorities to industry members, partners and policy makers.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) on Wednesday called for a new Farm Bill that recognizes the integral role the $63 billion U.S. organic sector plays in today’s American agriculture.

IFPA today announced its support for the recommendations delivered to Capitol Hill by the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance.

Members of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance met with more than 25 Congressional, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and State Departments of Agriculture leaders January 24-25 to advance the importance of CEA production in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill and other legislation.

Following meetings last week with new members of the 118th Congress, International Fresh Produce Association government relations staff and a small group of IFPA members met with incoming House Agriculture Committee Chair Representative GT Thompson (R-PA) and other key House leaders at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on January 13.

Farm bills, which outline federal policy toward agriculture, including price supports and the food stamp program, tend to address specialty crops only incidentally: the large commodities—principally grains and soybeans—get the vast amount of attention. This time it’s a bit different.

Has the produce industry been wise to avoid farm subsidies seen in row crops and the like?

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA), a national coalition of more than 200 specialty crop organizations representing growers of fruits, vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, nursery plants and other products, has released its statemen

For years it has been my custom to read The Economist regularly. I was particularly struck by an article in the current issue, on the American farm situation. 

After months of debate, both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the farm bill rather quickly this week, and fresh produce was one of the winners.