Farmers, Fairness & the Farm Bill

where issues of producers, policy and equity converge

A Collaborative Research Project with Rural Coalition, National Family Farm Coalition & American University's School of International Service (Washington, DC)

From April 30 - May 2, 2023 the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF)Berkeley Food Institute (BFI)American University’s Center for Environment, Community, and Equity (CECE) and Antiracist Research Policy Center (ARPC) hosted Pointing the Farm Bill Toward Racial Justice, a Farm Bill Summit & Briefing. The summit was a historic convening of farmers, advocates, policy-makers, scholars, students, and the general public who are invested in making the 2023 Farm Bill a policy vehicle for advancing equity across each of the twelve titles in the bill. The summit offered a comprehensive look at how the Farm Bill impacts farmers, landowners, and cooperatives as well as a collective analysis of climate justice, food system resilience, fair prices, international agricultural trade solidarity, and more. The summit culminated with a Congressional briefing and public roundtable.

Recordings of the Summit are linked below in blue.

Findings from the Summit will be included in a multi-media toolkit, a much-needed resource that will compile cutting edge analysis of the Farm Bill from a racial and climate justice perspective for advocates, scholars, and the media. If you would like to be notified when the toolkit is released, you can sign up below!

Sponsors of the Farm Bill Summit:

Community partnered action research on and for U.S. agricultural policy

www.farmbillfairness.org