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Comment: NSAC Responds to Termination of Regional Food Business CentersWashington, DC, July 15, 2025 – The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) issued the following comment, attributable to Hannah Quigley, NSAC Policy Specialist, in response to the termination of cooperative agreements with Regional Food Business Centers.
“About a month after the Trump administration released the Farmers First agenda, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made yet another decision to prematurely end multi-year agreements that are effectively serving the small family farms the administration claims to be the focus of their agenda. The recent termination of agreements with twelve Regional Food Business Centers comes as another blow to rural communities who benefit greatly from USDA business development resources. The President’s budget has also proposed eliminating funding for numerous rural business development programs.”
The twelve Regional Food Business Centers have provided market and business development assistance to over 5,000 farms and businesses nationwide. Each Center utilizes partner networks to serve the unique agricultural needs across rural, metro, Tribal, and remote areas. Four of the twelve Centers will be terminated immediately, while the other eight will be allowed to continue programming until May 2026. Read more about the recent project outcomes of the Regional Food Business Centers in this progress report.
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About the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is a grassroots alliance that advocates for federal policy reform supporting the long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Learn more and get involved at: https://sustainableagriculture.net
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(Washington, D.C., July 15, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the termination of the Regional Food Business Centers (RFBC) program. This pandemic-era, Biden program was created using one-time, temporary funding from Congress. The Department is terminating this program that should not have been established in this manner in the first place, but are doing so in a way to honor commitments made to farmers.
(St. Louis, MO, July 15, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today at the opening of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory, launched a comprehensive plan to bolster USDA’s efforts to combat foodborne illness. This plan better positions USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which is responsible for ensuring meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled, to protect the nation’s food supply.
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that people recovering from severe storms may be eligible for food assistance through USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Over 11,100 households in 14 counties in Arkansas are estimated to be eligible for this relief to help with grocery expenses.
(Washington, D.C., July 14, 2025) — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in alignment with Secretary Rollins’ Farmers First policies, announced no additional imports of specialty sugars beyond what U.S. international obligations dictate.
(Washington, D.C., July 14, 2025) — While scooping ice cream on the steps of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins congratulated the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announcement on the dairy industry’s commitment to eliminate artificial food dyes from their ice creams. This is a voluntary, proactive pledge to eliminate the use of Red 3, Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 from ice cream and other frozen dairy desserts by 2028.
(Washington, D.C., July 14, 2025) – Saturday, the National Multi-Agency Coordination Group (NMAC), composed of wildland fire representatives from each wildland fire agency based at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho, raised the national fire preparedness level one step higher to Preparedness Level 4.
(Washington, D.C., July 10, 2025) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued a statement following the Trump Administration’s lawsuit against the State of California over the State’s intrusive actions that have caused the price of eggs to skyrocket, harming consumers.
(Washington, D.C., July 10, 2025) — Following U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins’ announcement of the National Farm Security Action Plan, elected leaders and industry stakeholders praised the policy agenda.
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