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Call for Proposals: Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund: The goal of the Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund is to keep farmers in farming and maintain the economic base of North Carolina’s rural communities. The Reinvestment Fund aims to assist farmers and rural communities to develop new sources of agricultural income through provision of cost-share grants.
- Fewer NC Farm Assets Protected from Disasters
- Senate Farm Bill Provisions Strongest Ever Passed
- Letter from the Director
Disaster Programs and the Changing Face of Agriculture in North Carolina explores the growing gap between the needs of North Carolina farmers and the protection provided by federal disaster programs. Read the executive summary or the full report online, or call us at (919) 542-1396 to obtain a print copy.
ACTION ALERT: Justice for Hmong Farmers (June 2007) Hmong farmers in Arkansas and Oklahoma saved for decades to be able to return to a farming life after fleeing their Vietnamese homeland. Now they are fighting, once again, to feed their families and keep their land. Please sign a letter to your senators asking them to resolve this situation.
ACTION ALERT: Letters Needed to Restore Healthy Competition, Markets and Rural Communities! May 2007. Congress is starting to write the Farm Bill that dictates agricultural policy for the next five to ten years. We need your help to ensure that the Farm Bill is going to support our family farmers and ranchers through restoring competition and contract fairness to the agricultural marketplace. Learn more.
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