NOFA-NY regularly writes letters to legislators, testifies at legislative hearings, and submits comments to the federal register and New York register to advance our policy resolutions. Here are our most recent comments and letters:
2025
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support for eliminating the 100-foot rule (September 2025)
- NOFA-NY Comments on the Proposed USDA Reorganization Plan (August 2025)
- NOFA-NY Comment to AMS on Mushrooms and Pet Foods Standards Proposed Rule Recission (June 2025)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support for the PFAS in Biosolids Management Act (June 2025)
- Group Memo of Support for the Forest Tax Law Bill (May 2025)
- NOFA-NY Testimony for NY Senate Harmful Algal Blooms Hearing (May 2025)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support for the New York Food Safety & Chemical Disclosure Act (June 2025)
- NOFA-NY Testimony for the 2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing: Agriculture & Markets/Parks & Recreation (January 2025)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support: Beauty Justice Act (February 2025)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support: Elimination of Harmful PFAS and Other Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products (February 2025)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support: Elimination of Harmful PFAS in Everyday Products (February 2025)
2024
- NOFA-NY Comments on NY Cap and Invest Use of Proceeds (October 2024)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support: Elimination of Harmful PFAS and Other Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products (May 2024)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support: Elimination of Harmful PFAS in Everyday Products (May 2024)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support: Safe Personal Care Products and Cosmetics (May 2024)
- NOFA-NY Comments in Opposition to Saratoga Biochar Solutions Facility Permit Applications (March 2024)
- NOFA-NY Letter of Support for Increasing NY SNAP Benefit Bill (February 2024)
- NOFA-NY Testimony for the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2024 Executive Budget Proposal: Environmental Conservation (February 2024)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support for the Stop Climate Polluter Handouts Act (January 2024)
- NOFA-NY Comments to the National Organic Program on Collecting Data on Soilless Systems (January 2024)
2023
- NOFA-NY Written Testimony to Assembly Pubic Hearing on Local Government Procurement (December 2023)
- NOFA-NY Written Testimony to Assembly Roundtable on Expanding Access to Composting Food Scraps (September 2023)
- NOFA-NY Comments on the Draft New York State Solid Waste Management Plan (June 2023)
- Comments on Origin of Livestock (OOL) final rule implementation (June 2023)
- Organic Agriculture is Soil-Based: Position Statement (May 2023)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support for the Good Food NY Bill (May 2023)
- NOFA-NY Memo of Support for the Birds and Bees Protection Act (March 2023)
- NOFA-NY Testimony 2023 NYS Joint Legislative Budget Hearing: Environmental Conservation (February 2023)
2022
- NOFA-NY Comment on Blight-Tolerant Darling 58 GE American Chestnut (December 2022)
- NOFA-NY Comment on USDA Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards Proposed Rule (October 2022)
- NOFA-NY Comment on NY’s Draft Scoping Plan for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (July 2022)
- Oral Testimony at Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan Public Hearing (April 2022)
- NOFA-NY’s Budget Priorities for Soil Health in New York (March 2022)
- Testimony for 2022 NYS Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Environmental Conservation (January 2022)
- Written testimony on Concentration in Organic Dairy to the House Judiciary Committee in advance of a hearing on Addressing the Effect of Economic Concentration in America’s Food Supply (January 2022)
2021
- Northeast Dairy Task Force Recommendations to USDA (December 2021)
- Written testimony presented at Assembly Public Hearing on Oversight of the SFY 2021-2022 State Budget as it Relates to Assisting Small- and Medium-Sized Farms Compete in the State, National, and International Marketplace (November 2021)
- Comments to USDA on the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program (November 2021)
- Letter of Support for Black Farmers United NYS (October 2021)
- Comments to National Organic Standards Board on Field and Greenhouse Container Production (September 2021)
- Written testimony in support of the Birds and Bees Protection Act (September 2021)
- Comments to USDA on increasing organic meat and poultry processing capacity (September 2021)
- Comments to the National Organic Program on the proposed Origin of Livestock Rule (July 2021)
2019-2020
- Comments to the National Organic Program on the Strengthening Organic Enforcement proposed rule (October 2020)
- Comments to USDA on a domestic hemp program (October 2020)
- Comments to USDA on genetically engineered chestnut trees (September 2020)
- Comments to the National Organic Program on the proposed Origin of Livestock Rule (December 2019)