We are pleased to let you know about an upcoming event for organic inspectors and certifiers. Wild Farm Alliance (WFA) is partnering with International Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA) and Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association (OEFFA) to offer a 300 Level Advanced Inspector Training:

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Wild Farm Alliance just released a new publication, Farm Bill 2018 Issue Brief: Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).  

Our report is based on interviews of Montana farmers and ranchers who are enrolled in CSP. This program not only offers farmers and ranchers financial incentives to establish whole farm stewardship efforts, but also provides a myriad of significant, complementary benefits to the environment. In-depth interviews were conducted in the spring 2018 by Mary Ellis, a graduate student at University of Montana. 

The Farm Bill is in full swing. Now that the House has passed their bad Farm Bill, the Senate is set to finalize their version. 

Fortunately, the draft Senate Bill takes a wildly different approach and does not make sweeping cuts to conservation and provides much needed support for Organic. 

The draft bill includes a significant boost in funding for organic research, provisions to address fraudulent organic imports, and funding for organic data collection initiatives. 

It also includes full funding for the organic certification cost-share program, which helps organic family farms thrive and boosts our local economies. 

Today Senators are on the floor discussing the Farm Bill. 

Can you take a minute right now to contact your Senators and ask them to SUPPORT the Thune-Klobuchar sodsaver amendment to the farm bill. It will help protect native grasslands by expanding the Sodsaver provision to California, New Mexico, and Illinois.

Take action right now! 

Call the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

*Enter your zip code to connect with your Senators.

Ask them to support the Thune-Klobuchar sodsaver amendment to the farm bill!

Keep up the pressure! We need to shore up the work that our allies are doing on the hill!

Right now the Senate Agriculture Committee is considering Farm Bill legislation that would change the structure and authority of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) and make it easier for industrial operations to cash in on organic at the expense of family farmers. The NOSB is at the heart of the transparent, democratic process that upholds the integrity of the organic seal. Changes that weaken the NOSB could be the end of organic as we know it.

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We’ve got a big problem here in Washington: one that could harm farmers and communities around the country. The House of Representatives is poised to vote on the 2018 Farm Bill in the coming days, and folks, this bill is bad.

In short, this is the worst farm bill ever – if it passes, it could set our shared movement back decades!

The good news? It hasn’t passed yet. There’s still time to get a better farm bill done this year.