FARM BILL NEWS Links from our partnerships:

9/29/23: From NOC: Expired Farm Bill Could Jeopardize Organic Certification Cost Share Program Online: https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/blog/2023/9/29/expired-farm-bill-could-jeopardize-organic-certification-cost-share-program

9/29/23: From NSAC: Last night, the House's FY2024 Agriculture-FDA Appropriations bill failed on the House floor - 191-237. Twenty-seven House Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the bill. The failure of this bill on the House floor brings a temporary close to what has been a rollercoaster ride for FY24 Agriculture Appropriations during the past four months.

Now, today and tomorrow (Saturday), both the Senate and House will exclusively focus on passing disparate versions of a continuing resolution (CR) in hopes of preventing a government shutdown. However, it is extremely unlikely that the two chambers will reach an agreement by midnight Eastern time on Saturday - and by Sunday morning we fully expect the shutdown to have begun.

https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/whats-at-stake-appropriations-shutdown-and-farm-bill/

https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/action-alerts

https://marbleseed.org/news/blog/post/support-organic-in-the-farm-bill

https://organicfarmersassociation.org/farm-bill/

https://organicfarmersassociation.org/farmbilltracker/

2023 NOSB Comments
by Oren Holle, OFARM President

2023 Benefits of OFARM Membership Timeline Attachment

2023 Annual Meeting Press Release Full Detail Notes

2022 Fall Meeting Press Release

2022 Annual Meeting Press Release

2021 Fall Meeting Press Release

IFOAM North America Cooperative Marketing in Organic Commodities