Tag: farm bill

The farm bill was the hottest topic during the International Fresh Produce Association Washington Conference September 12-15.

These are just a few of the pivotal issues that attendees will confront at IFPA’s 2023 Washington Conference, September 12-15 in Washington, DC.

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA), a national coalition of more than 200 specialty crop organizations representing growers of fruits, vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, nursery plants and other products, this week endorsed the following legislation that will be considered during the 2023 Farm Bill discussions:

Mushrooms, surprisingly, were a main theme of last week’s Senate farm bill hearing on specialty crops. And not just the kind you put in your beef stroganoff.

Sarah Frey, Founder and CEO of Frey Farms, and a best-selling author, has been appointed a member of U.S. Representative, and House Committee on Agriculture Chair, Glenn “GT” Thompson’s (R-PA) National Agriculture Campaign Advisory Council (NCAC). 

The House Agriculture Committee is inviting public comments on the 2023 farm bill, which is due to replace the current farm bill, passed in 2018 and expires September 30.

International Fresh Produce Association’s Rebeckah Adcock and John Hollay traveled to Texas the first week of March to bring IFPA’s advocacy priorities to industry members, partners and policy makers.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) on Wednesday called for a new Farm Bill that recognizes the integral role the $63 billion U.S. organic sector plays in today’s American agriculture.

IFPA today announced its support for the recommendations delivered to Capitol Hill by the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance.

Members of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance met with more than 25 Congressional, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and State Departments of Agriculture leaders January 24-25 to advance the importance of CEA production in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill and other legislation.