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Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - 2:13pm
NSAC Winter Meeting 2025, Washington, DC A Year Like No Other

As 2025 comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on a year that reshaped the food and farm policy landscape: from major disruptions in federal agencies to stalled policymaking in Washington, farmers and...

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Monday, December 15, 2025 - 5:04pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
press@sustainableagriculture.net
Tel. 347.563.6408

Release: Congressional Members Reintroduce Legislation that Creates Fairer Competition, Advances Environmental Health, and Protects... Read More
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 2:49pm

(Washington, D.C., December 15, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in The Hill highlighting the ways USDA is partnering with Governors to strengthen integrity and restore nutritional value within the Supplemental Nutrition...

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Friday, December 12, 2025 - 8:12pm

(Washington, D.C., December 12, 2025) – Today, the United States and Mexico reached an understanding to meet the current water obligations of American farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to repay the water deficit in Texas as part of the 1944 Water Treaty. This agreement...

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Friday, December 12, 2025 - 1:00pm

(Washington, D.C., December 12, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in USA TODAY highlighting this week’s actions the Trump Administration is taking to protect American farmers. 

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Friday, December 12, 2025 - 12:07pm
Photo credit: Zoe Richardson via Unpslash

This post examines the devastating loss of experienced staff within US Department...

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Friday, December 12, 2025 - 11:00am

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2025) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen A. Vaden today announced $38.1 million in additional U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance to help producers in Tennessee recover from Hurricane Helene. Deputy Secretary Vaden signed a...

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Friday, December 12, 2025 - 10:42am
Michael (right) with Southern Farmers Seed Cooperative member Orpha Gene Watson of Hickory Meadows Organic.

Editor’s Note: NSAC has been shaped for decades by creative, joyful, and smart leadership from hundreds of advocates and farmers. Today we mourn the recent loss of our longtime...

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Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 10:00am

(Washington, D.C., December 11, 2025) — Today, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom (PDF, 1.4 MB) demanding California...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 7:00pm

(Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today highlighted the outpouring of support from governors, commodity groups, farm bureaus, and agriculture industry leaders across the country following President Trump’s announcement of $12...

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