NOFA-NY Food & Farm Guide.
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During NY’s extended budget process, NOFA-NY joined allies across the state calling for increased investment in soil health programming, climate action, farmland protection, farm to school, and healthy school meals […]
Last Friday, April 14, 2023, several members of the NOFA-NY community attended a Farm Bill listening session hosted by House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson and Congressmen Marc Molinaro (NY-19), […]
On March 21-24, 2023 NOFA-NY’s Katie Baildon, Liana Hoodes, and Zaid Kurdieh headed to Washington D.C. They joined other members of the National Organic Coalition (NOC) for the 2023 D.C. […]
A newly-introduced bill in Congress promises to take important steps to address urgent bottlenecks in meat and poultry processing for small-scale livestock producers. This bill will address the disruptions in […]
Written by Daniel Raichel, Acting Director, Pollinator Initiative, Wildlife Division, Nature Program, Natural Resources Defence Council This article originally appeared on NRDC.org. Last week, a hive of New Yorkers from […]
USDA Publishes Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the final Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) rule. This rule is an important step toward tackling […]
“When you ignore a problem, it often only gets worse.” begins an op-ed published by the Times Union, authored by Bethany Wallis, the executive director of the Northeast Organic Farming […]
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) has received funding from the New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI) and the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE DBIC) to […]
In August, USDA published the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards proposed rule for public comment. The rule would strengthen National Organic Program animal welfare standards by creating better clarity and […]
On September 30, 2022, NY Labor Commissioner Reardon announced that the state is accepting the findings of the Farm Labor Wage Board and will begin a rulemaking process. The following […]