July 2017 - Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA

Open Letter from Farmers to Mr. John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO

July 10, 2017

A letter authored by members of the North Carolina Natural Hog Growers Association, sent to John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, on 6/27/2017. A PDF of the original letter is available here.

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Farmers: Two Ways to Make Your Voice Heard

July 5, 2017

Farmers: It's time to stand and be counted. Here are two ways you can make your voice heard this year.

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How Your Farmers' Market Can Accept SNAP/EBT (VIDEO)

July 5, 2017

RAFI-USA staff recently hosted a webinar, covering how farmers' markets can accept SNAP/EBT as payment. Missed it? Watch the video here. Any farmers' market manager, vendor, board member, or partner that has considered adding SNAP/EBT as an accepted payment is strongly encouraged to check it out.

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RAFI-USA challenges the root causes of unjust food systems, supporting and advocating for economically, racially, and ecologically just farm communities.

We envision a thriving, sustainable, and equitable food system: where farmers and farmworkers have dignity and agency; where they are supported by just agricultural policies; where corporations and institutions are accountable to their community.

We believe that our work is inherently interconnected, and when we work together our cooperation makes us stronger and more effective.

RAFI-USA challenges the root causes of unjust food systems, supporting and advocating for economically, racially, and ecologically just farm communities.

We envision a thriving, sustainable, and equitable food system: where farmers and farmworkers have dignity and agency; where they are supported by just agricultural policies; where corporations and institutions are accountable to their community.

We believe that our work is inherently interconnected, and when we work together our cooperation makes us stronger and more effective.

Monthly Archives: July 2017

Open Letter from Farmers to Mr. John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO

July 10, 2017

Farmers: Two Ways to Make Your Voice Heard

July 5, 2017

How Your Farmers' Market Can Accept SNAP/EBT (VIDEO)

July 5, 2017