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on behalf of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund and the Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, March 27, 2007
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Highlights Fall 2007
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Support Small Farmers, Farmworkers and Rural Communities and Build a Just
and Sustainable Food System.
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Farm and Food Policy Diversity InitiativePromoting Diversity and Equity in the 2007 Farm BillThe Farm and Food Policy Diversity Initiative is a diverse collaboration of organizations representing people of color farmers, rancher, farm workers and urban food system advocates. It is designed to ensure organizations serving people of color in the food system have the opportunity to link their own initiatives into a comprehensive agenda of food and agriculture policy proposals that allow diverse communities to benefit from the opportunities that other farmers have had for decades and to assure full participation of people of color producers, farm workers and rural and urban communities in the food system. The Farm and Food Policy Diversity Initiative Policy Team has developed a set of Policy Priorities for the 2007 Farm Bill. We invite your input and feedback on these priorities, and request your organizational support and involvement as we bring these proposals to Congress.
Linking the Interests of U.S. Farmers with Farmers Globally The Building Sustainable Futures for Farmers Globally campaign seeks to expand the public debate and change public policy on trade and agriculture. Through public education around the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill debate, we strive to address the underlying causes of dumping and identify and support solutions that would serve to foster global economic development and poverty alleviation in the agriculture sector. Read the Building Sustainable Futures Declaration (PDF) To sign on to the Building Sustainable Futures Declaration or learn more about the campaign, visit the globalfarmer.org website. Report Back:Agriculture Appropriations ActionSenate House of Representatives
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2008 Rural Coaliton/CoaliciónRural Assembly
The Board of the Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural issued a call to attend our 2008 30th Anniversary Assembly. The Board invites all Rural Coalition members and allies to join us from June 5-8, 2008, in Homestead Florida. Departure point for Homestead is Miami, Florida.
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We will focus on how we as a Coalition can build the movement for justice. Our program will use popular education principles to create our own histories of migration and use these histories to discern our shared position on migration and immigration today.
We hope to emerge with new policies and energy on immigration, food sovereignty and other issues critical to rural communities in the US and beyond. All Rural Coalition members groups are urged to bring a delegation.
Please share with us your thoughts and ideas for the meeting. For further information, feel free to contact Lorette Picciano, Executive Director by email lpicciano or telephone us at (202) 628-7160. We can also be reached by fax, (202) 393-1816.
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