Welcome to the Action Center!Farm Aid's new tool allows you to make your voice heard for family farmers.Current Action Alerts
Farm to School 101 ToolkitFarm to School programs present an opportunity to provide your children with farm fresh food from local family farms. They help local family farmers provide fresh, quality fruits and vegetables for students and teachers to enjoy, leading to healthy farms and healthy minds! Download our Farm to School 101 Toolkit to learn how you can start or expand a program in your local school. Past Action AlertsUrge action from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to help struggling dairy farmers, Spring/Summer/Fall 2009On average, our dairy farmers are currently being paid less than half of what it costs them to produce milk -- and Secretary Vilsack is the only person with the legal authority to set a fair price for farmers. Over 9,000 of you spoke up demanding action for this ongoing struggle. Stop the taxpayer giveaway to factory farms, Fall 2009Factory farms pose a real danger to our communities, our natural resources, and the livelihood of hardworking family farmers. A current USDA program is funneling taxpayer money to fund new and bigger factory farm operations that lead to the gross overproduction of hogs and poultry. So much livestock is being churned out that it has caused a long-term depression of producer prices, forcing family farmers out of business. Read our Factory Farms Fact Sheet for more information. Along with our allied partners, over 25,000 signatures were collected and sent to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on October 20, 2009. We'll update this page with any progress on this vital issue as it comes in. Strengthen the rules for GE food to ensure safety for eaters and farmers, Winter/Spring 2009The USDA accepted comments on proposed a regulation weakening rules for GE food through June 1. Nearly 2,500 people submitted comments through our site. Tell Congress to make farmers a part of the economic recovery, Winter 2009Over 2,500 emails and faxes were sent telling congressional representatives that a comprehensive economic stimulus must include family farmers using our form that asked them to:
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