Tell Congress to Help Organic Farmers Hurt by the Pandemic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nLetter to Congress<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nAs we all heed calls for social distancing to avoid spread of COVID-19, we also see the need to support those organic family farmers who grow our food and have had their markets disrupted. Please ensure that the stimulus measures actually help those who need it.<\/p>\n
Ideas for a trillion dollar spending package are proliferating as fast as the virus. While direct payments to individuals have been mentioned, so have various subsidies to businesses. Please avoid the temptation to exploit the coronavirus pandemic to subsidize large corporations without protections for workers. Rather, ensure that the money goes to help those who have been directly affected. Please put the money to work where it will help those who have been directly affected.<\/p>\n
In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Chellie Pingree detailed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers in local and regional markets. Noting that trade mitigation payments have not benefited farmers who sell products through local and regional markets, Rep. Pingree urged Speaker Pelosi to take actions to support these farmers, including emergency disaster payments, emergency farm loans, and suspending FSA loan payments. \u201cWe should provide emergency disaster payments to farmers selling fresh and minimally processed foods in local and regional markets that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
Organic farmers are among these who have been hardest hit. When asked to provide ideas for how organic farmers could be helped, in addition to the recommendations of Rep. Pingree, many representing organic farmers offer these suggestions:<\/p>\n
* Ensure that farmers markets and farm stands have the same status as retail stores when it comes to social gathering and loss of income.<\/p>\n
* Increase the federal cost share in organic certification, paid up front, and allow certifiers to waive fees until September.<\/p>\n
* Help make connections with local farms when addressing food programs.<\/p>\n
* Establish a program to provide relief workers to assist sick farmers.<\/p>\n
* Disaster payments should cover both crops not harvested or sold, as well as those that can move to emergency food needs; organic is paid at the organic price.<\/p>\n
* Allow SNAP payments to be made on-line directly to farms.<\/p>\n
* Provide funds for farms quickly moving to set up “on-farm” stands, curbside pickup, and other direct to consumer “no-touch” distribution channels that minimize interaction as farmers markets may be limited, or even farmers feel unsafe selling at farmers markets.<\/p>\n
I believe that these targeted suggestions will help all of us by helping farmers to provide the health-giving nutrition we need during these times.<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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