Once a month, we gather together information about things we’re working on to share with you! It’s what’s happening now, in the past month, and in the coming months. Please take a moment to look at our latest E-Newsletter.
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Get to know Margaret Krome-Lukens, Senior Program Manager and Chair of RAFI-USA’s Policy Team.
In the film, “Under Contract: Farmers and the Fine Print”, farmers tell their stories and experts reveal how the corporate agricultural production model pits farmer-against-farmer. We travel across the American South and to Southern India to understand what’s happening to farmers living under contract and how we can change the food system for the better.
Watch a HEAL Food Alliance webinar video on corporate consolidation in our food system. RAFI-USA Executive Director Edna Rodriguez is a member of the panel.
On May 21 the USDA announced loan payments for BIPOC farmers with qualifying direct or guaranteed loans. On June 10, a federal judge handed down a restraining order, temporarily halting the payment program. Here’s RAFI-USA’s response.
RAFI-USA is looking for a part-time (20-30 hours/week) administrative assistant to help coordinate technology, office needs, supplies, the Board of Directors, record keeping, etc.
Learn about $92 million available in grant funds from the USDA to support local and regional food systems.
RAFI-USA is pleased to announce the recipients of its Farmers of Color Network Infrastructure Fund grants. In 2021, the fund awarded $369,200 to 50 grantees across 10 states. The grant program, now in its second year, provides grants of up to $10,000 for farm infrastructure, processing and refrigeration, or collaborative projects with multiple farmers.
RAFI-USA seeks a committed individual to engage with farmers and other stakeholders for the Challenging Corporate Power program. The program works to hold large-scale industrial animal agriculture corporations accountable for their extractive model and to help build the alternative.