ACTION ALERTS
ACTION ALERTS
Follow this page for things you or your organization can do to fight for a just food system in our city, state, and beyond!
Due Friday, March 6th
Urge Congress to Take the First Step to Repeal Harmful SNAP Cuts in January 30 Continuing Resolution
On Feb 13th, House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (R-PA) released legislative text in advance of a tentatively scheduled Farm Bill markup for Feb. 23. Check this link for a live stream of the markup. See FRAC’s statement.
Advocates should contact all House Agriculture Committee members and urge them to reject the Chairman’s mark, which does not reverse any of the budget reconciliation law's (H.R. 1) harmful impacts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Instead, the mark doubles down on harmful SNAP provisions. Advocates should share the impact of the stricter time limits, and the upcoming increased administrative and benefit cost shifts to states; and emphasize that any investments in farmer relief must be paired with investments in SNAP. No Farm Bill, farm relief package, or other legislation should advance without reversing the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. See FRAC’s legislative priorities to protect SNAP.
help find a state senator champion for lfpa farms together
Many of you are already well aware of the impact that LFPA, aka Farms Together, has had on your farmers and nutrition insecure communities. This critical support has been absolutely essential for socially disadvantaged farmers across California, and we're excited to keep this momentum going.
Thankfully, your calls the last few weeks have worked! We've mademajor progress! Assemblymember Pellerin has stepped forward as our champion in the Assembly and will be leading the advocacy for this investment in the legislature as the 26-27 budget gets negotiated in the coming months!
However, we still need a State Senate Champion!
Your Action Items: If you or your farms are in these counties, please contact your State Senator by this Friday morning!
Senators to Contact:
Senator Caballero (West Fresno, Madera, Merced)
Senator Cortese (Santa Clara)
Senator Hurtado (Delano & West of Delano, Wasco, Bakersfield)
Please Use the Toolkit: The attached action toolkit includes updated scripts for the Senate calls to help you communicate our ask effectively.
Immediate Deadlines - By Friday morning:
Call your State Senator if they are listed above, using the toolkit we linked.
Sign the letter - we need your logos and signatures to maximize our impact (this letter also include additional crucial budget priorities like climate disaster emergency relief, and much more)
Thank you for your incredible advocacy! Please share this with farmers in these counties so they can add their individual voices to this critical effort.
DEMAND A FARM BILL THAT WORKS FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET, NOT BIG TECH
It’s no secret that folks are struggling right now.
Food and farm workers are fighting for safety and dignity in fields and factories. Farmers are organizing for climate and market resilience. And communities across the U.S. are demanding clean water, air and healthy food.
The House Agriculture Committee just released a farm bill that does nothing to help working people. The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 doubles down on profit for Big Food, Ag and Tech corporations.
The Farm Bill touches all parts of our lives – from how food is grown and the land and water are protected, to whether families can access food. Instead of investing in workers, climate resilience, or local economies, this bill funds false climate solutions like ag tech, increases pesticide use, and keeps SNAP underfunded.
Together these policies directly harm our communities and the very people who feed us all.
We must demand better for our communities!
Tell your representative to VOTE NO on this Farm Bill. And demand Congress goes back to the drawing board to deliver a Farm Bill that:
Protects food and farm workers
Help farmers build resilience and recover from climate disasters
Invests in BIPOC producers
Includes Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in conservation programs
Invests in local and regional food programs, not corporations.
Urge Congress to support the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act
EPA used flawed research to approve registration of glyphosate-based herbicides, but Trump’s latest executive order claims that glyphosate production is necessary for “national security” and bestows lawsuit immunity to one of the largest agrichemical manufacturers in the world. We must not allow Bayer to shake off legitimate claims of harm caused by their products.
We must keep fighting for our right to hold corporations accountable for their action and inaction. A bipartisan piece of legislation has been introduced that would undo this executive order and retain the public’s ability to hold Bayer accountable. Rep. Pingree said in the release regarding the bill, “Calling glyphosate production a matter of ‘national security’ is absurd. Invoking wartime authorities to ramp up production while opening the door to liability shields for chemical companies is dangerous and indefensible. This Executive Order has nothing to do with protecting farmers or feeding the country—it’s about protecting corporate profits and insulating polluters from accountability.”
Please speak up and ask your representatives to join Representatives Pingree and Massie not only in safeguarding our right to hold corporations accountable, but also in protecting public and environmental health.