Action Alerts

March 6th

NOC's Farm Bill Priorities

December 20th

NOFA-NY's Comments on the DEC's SGEIS on Hydraulic Fracturing

July 22nd

Final Letter Sent to DEC Commissioner for Ag Impact Study on Hydrofracking

July 18th

NOFA-NY Sign on Letter to DEC Commissioner for Ag Impact Study on Hydrofracking

April 27th

NOFA-NY Press Release about National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (NLGMA).

January 18th

Stop Genetically Engineered Alfalfa and Protect Organic Food!

Call or Email the USDA and the White House and request that they reject Genetically Engineered Alfalfa

"I am ___________, a farmer/citizen in New York  I am calling to comment on USDA’s push to allow the commercial release of GE alfalfa and its failure to evaluate the public health, environmental, and economic consequences of that release.”

Read more of the background here: www.nofany.org/GEAlfalfa

November 10th

Debate and voting on The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is set to begin on the Senate floor on November 17th.  The bill takes important steps to improve corporate food safety rules but it is not appropriate for small farms and processors that sell to restaurants, food coops, groceries, schools, wholesalers and at farm stands and farmers markets.

NSAC thinks that these farms should have food safety plans appropriate to their size and processing practices.  But it is critical that as we ramp up food safety protections we don’t inadvertently do harm to  family farm value- added processing and the growing investments in local and regional food systems by imposing expensive, one-size-fits- all rules.     

Call your Senator before November 17th!  

June 16th

Tell the Legislature they need to pass a moratorium on gas drilling using hydrofracking before they go home! Immediate action needed!

June 8th, 2010

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a series of public meetings to discuss and receive public input on the Agency’s draft proposed guidance concerning Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Validation.

The preliminary draft guidance and more information on validation are available on the FSIS websiteFSIS encourages establishments and the public to submit comments by June 19, 2010  

June 4th, 2010

Call your Congress Member Today and TELL THEM TO TELL USDA NOT TO APPROVE GE ALFALFA