News from the Field

Solidarity Is Power: Help Us Build a Global Movement for Change!

To guarantee language justice at the 3rd Global Nyeleni Forum, happening in Sri Lanka this September, the steering committee is hoping to raise $45,000. We are turning to the global community because we believe in the power of solidarity!

The Nyéléni Forum is a crucial space for hundreds of delegates from small-farmer, peasant, and working communities from across the world to come together and strategize to move forward food sovereignty and justice. Your support ensures full, diverse participation with interpretation in 17+ languages at the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, uniting 50+ movements.

Join our grassroots global movement to build back people power!

The Big Bogus Budget Will Widen the Wealth Gap and Harm Family Farmers

On Independence Day, President Trump signed into law the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” a long-term budget package (or “reconciliation” bill) that extends tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, all paid for by serious cuts to the social safety net for the food and agriculture sector and beyond. The bill fails to offer meaningful support for independent farmers – who face increasing challenges from low prices, trade wars, and the climate crisis – and the communities they feed.

As a coalition of farmers, ranchers, and fishers who advocate for fairness in our food system, we have serious issues with many of the provisions of this package and the uncertainty it leaves over future farm policy discussions. Amidst some of the most challenging times seen by farmers in recent memory, the bill perpetuates a decades-long decline of forward-thinking food and farm policy that has undermined independent agricultural producers to benefit corporate agribusinesses.

NFFC Endorses the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act

Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act, legislation that would ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held responsible for the harm caused by their toxic products. Specifically, this bill would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1972 (FIFRA) to create a federal right of action for anyone who is harmed by a toxic pesticide.

NFFC joined over a dozen other farm, farmworker, and environmental advocacy groups to endorse this bill and support the rights of folks to sue pesticide companies for pesticide exposure.

No one can dispute that crop pesticides are poisons. They are designed to kill weeds, but they also kill non-target plants and there is sound evidence linking them to human health problems.

- NFFC president Jim Goodman

In a press release from Sen. Booker's office, NFFC president Jim Goodman stated, "To date, Bayer alone has paid out over $11 billion in legal settlements for medical problems caused by their herbicide Roundup. To avoid paying for damages caused by their poisons, agrochemical companies routinely lobby for federal and state laws that shield them from any liability for the damages they are responsible for. People sickened by their poisons go bankrupt paying for their medical care and sometimes ultimately die. The Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025 will hold agrochemical companies accountable for the irreparable harms they cause."

Northern Plains Resource Council member Steve Charter at his ranch near Billings, MT.

Our Coalition Heads to Montana

We are excited to be in Billings, Montana, this week for our annual board meeting and summer gathering. This year's gathering is co-hosted by long-time member Nothern Plains Resource Council, whose mission is to organize Montanans to protect their water, land, air, and working landscapes.

NFFC staff have also planned visits to connect with members in the region. Stay tuned for these updates from the road!

We're Hiring!

We are hiring for a new role: National Campaigner! This is a full-time, exempt, salaried position with great benefits. Location is flexible but an ideal candidate will be able to travel to Washington D.C. and other parts of the USA on a regular (likely quarterly) basis.

View the full job description and requirements on our website, nffc.net/act/job-opportunities.

Member & Ally Updates

Iowa CCI Celebrates 50th Anniversary with 2-Day Convention 🎉 July 25-26 🎉

The magic of Iowa CCI is way more than the sum of its parts. There’s a spark, a fire, a certain kind of energy and joy that happens when Iowa CCI members fill a room. Maybe you’ve had the privilege of experiencing this for yourself. If you haven’t – 2025 is the year to do it. Come join their anniversary celebration on July 25 & 26!

This annual convention is the one time of year when CCIers come together from across issue campaigns and from across the state to connect and get recharged for the work ahead.

CSIPM statement: UN Food Systems Summit +4 Turns a Blind Eye to the Geopolitical Food and Hunger Crises

Our international allies at Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism (CSIPM) have released a statement on their decision not to participate in the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS+4), or its preparatory processes. CSIPM works to eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition.

"This decision follows years of sustained criticism of the Summit’s structure, outcomes and follow-up. It reflects a collective assessment that no meaningful changes have been made to the Summit’s direction, governance and safeguards against corporate influence since 2021."

What We're R/W/L

What we're reading...

• Grist | Trump’s tax bill could be a major win for Big Ag. Everyone else? Not so much.
• The Guardian | ‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination
• Spectre | The Enduring Fantasy of "Feeding the World"

...watching...

• Great Lakes Now | This Wetland Fight Could Go to the Supreme Court

...and listening to!

• One Bite Is Everything podcast | The Fight for Climate Truth and Real Food Access (featuring Wes Gillingham, farmer and president of NOFA-NY)

Photo credits: tractor by Fachy Marin/Unsplash; Montana landscape by Trevor Vannoy/Unsplash.

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