Understanding the Farm Bill: A Sustainable Agriculture Perspective

The Farm Bill is a complex piece of legislation composed of many disparate moving parts.

The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group has a good overview of a number of aspects of the Farm Bill separated into discrete issues tailored to the Northeast and organized into sections  sections that makes it easier to understand, and emphasize its importance to all of us.

You can find their farm bill user guide HERE

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CONTENTS:

• What is the Farm Bill?

• What’s good about the Farm Bill for the Northeast?

• Why care about the Farm Bill now?

• What’s in it for you?

• What can you do?

• Why focus on the Northeast?

• How does the Farm Bill address our priorities?

• Farm Bill resources

• Acknowledgements