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Climate Change Poses a Real and Imminent Threat to Agriculture

August 27, 2020Blog No Comments
Climate Change Poses a Real and Imminent Threat to Agriculture

By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director Climate change is not a future or hypothetical problem – year after year, farmers and ranchers across the country are enduring more frequent and … Read More

Small Rural Towns Embrace Urban Farming

August 26, 2020Blog, Food Safety No Comments
Small Rural Towns Embrace Urban Farming

By Billy Mitchell, NFU FSMA Training Coordinator The term “urban farming” evokes images of gleaming greenhouses scattered across New York rooftops, shipping containers full of greens in Charleston, South Carolina, … Read More

Attacks on USPS Threaten Rural Communities and the Democratic Process

August 20, 2020Blog No Comments
Attacks on USPS Threaten Rural Communities and the Democratic Process

By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been experiencing financial issues for many years, but dwindling mail volume during the pandemic has made matters worse, severely cutting into the … Read More

Derecho Flattens Crops Across Midwest

August 13, 2020Blog No Comments
Derecho Flattens Crops Across Midwest

By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director Hurricane-force winds tore through the Midwest this week, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The storm, known as a derecho, passed from … Read More

JBS Plans to Buy, Convert Lamb Processing Facility

August 11, 2020Blog No Comments
JBS Plans to Buy, Convert Lamb Processing Facility

By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director Brazilian company JBS, the world’s largest beef and pork processor, plans to buy the second largest lamb processing facility in the United States and … Read More

Making Food Safety Practical and Profitable

August 5, 2020Blog, Food Safety No Comments
Making Food Safety Practical and Profitable

By Billy Mitchell, FSMA Training Coordinator  A mountain of paperwork just to wash your hands. Out of control costs with no end in sight. Common sense concepts lost in a … Read More

Farmers Market Pivot and Provide Safe, Local Food Systems

August 3, 2020Blog No Comments
Farmers Market Pivot and Provide Safe, Local Food Systems

By Billy Mitchell, NFU FSMA Training Coordinator Just five short months ago, National Farmers Union (NFU) members attending the organization’s annual convention breezed through Forsyth Park Farmers Market in Savannah, … Read More

Member Spotlight: Donna Pearson McClish

May 13, 2020Blog, Member Spotlight No Comments
Member Spotlight: Donna Pearson McClish

By Jeanne Janson, NFU Intern National Farmers Union (NFU) represents a diverse group of 200,000 family farmers and ranchers and food advocates, united by the belief that strong farm families … Read More

Identifying Conservation Opportunities: Resource Stewardship Evaluation Tool with Ruth Rabinowitz

May 4, 2020Blog No Comments

      The Resource Stewardship Evaluation Tool (RSET) is a free program offered through National Farmers Union (NFU) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). … Read More

American Agriculture Depends on Every Link in the Food Supply Chain

March 24, 2020Blog No Comments
American Agriculture Depends on Every Link in the Food Supply Chain

By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director Under ordinary circumstances, National Agriculture Day is an opportunity to celebrate the family farmers and ranchers who feed, fuel, and clothe our country. But … Read More

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