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.
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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.
Take Action by writing to your legislators to ask them to support the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act. This Act will rescind the line speed waivers given by the previous administration and return line speeds to the pre-pandemic level.
For #TakeActionTuesday today, we’re asking you to tell your Member of Congress to support the Strengthening Local Processing Act.
Senator Klobuchar last week announced an omnibus bill, The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act. Write to your Senators and ask them to co-sponsor this important piece of legislation.
Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA (RAFI-USA) supports Senator Amy Klobuchar’s omnibus bill, The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act, which she introduced in early February.