18 May 2020
Tell Congress: No More COVID-19 Contaminated Factory Farm Slaughterhouses!
From the Organic Consumers Association: On May Day, Reps. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced legislation to help small farmers during the COVID-19 crisis by, among other things, making it easier for them to get grants to process grass-fed and pasture-raised meat.
TAKE ACTION: Ask Congress to help grass-fed and pasture-raised meat producers by supporting H.R. 6682!
As COVID-19 outbreaks shut down factory farm slaughterhouses across the U.S., producers of organic regenerative pasture-raised and grass-fed meat are trying to fill the void.
For small farmers, getting their meat processed is challenging because there are so few local and regional processing facilities.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture already provides grants to help farmers and ranchers with “value-added” activities, such as the processing and marketing of their products.
But under the current Value-Added Producer Grants program, farmers have to put up 50% of the project’s total cost before they can qualify for a matching grant. Most small farmers can’t come up with that kind of cash. Under H.R. 6682, they wouldn’t have to.
TAKE ACTION: Ask Congress to help grass-fed and pasture-raised meat producers by supporting H.R. 6682!
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