September 22, 2025
The Honorable John Thune (R-SD) The Honorable Charles Schumer (D-NY) Majority Leader
Minority Leader
United States Senate United States Senate
The Honorable Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-8) Speaker
Minority Leader
United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives
The Honorable John Boozman (R-AR) The Honorable Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Chair Ranking
Member Senate Agriculture Committee Senate Agriculture Committee
The Honorable Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA-15) The Honorable Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
Chair Ranking Member
House Agriculture Committee House Agriculture Committee
Dear Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, Chair Boozman, Ranking
Member Klobuchar, Chair Thompson, and Ranking Member Craig:
On July 4, the President signed into law a budget reconciliation bill (OBBB; P.L. 119-21) that delivers a
vision for America, and the American food and farm system, that pits neighbor against neighbor. The
OBBB delivers an unprecedented blow to local economies and the programs that help low-income people
meet their basic needs. This includes devastating impacts to nutrition assistance and the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that will exacerbate hunger for millions of Americans, including
children, older adults, and veterans. In the same pen stroke, the President also delivered one of the worst
“farm bills” in modern history – using SNAP cuts to fuel farm subsidy increases that benefit only a select
few, all while abandoning the vast majority of programs that meaningfully invest in most farmers and the
communities they call home.
In the inescapable shadow of this unhealthy vision, we write to insist on a different path – a vision for a
future where, together, we leverage agriculture policy to build our mutual prosperity. The federal farm
bill, the keystone policy of the American food and farm system for the last century, is fundamental to that
vision.
As you consider a “skinny” farm bill that despite its tiny name will impact every person in this country
who eats, the 582 undersigned national, state, and local organizations stand together to say we will only
support a farm bill that provides adequate and accessible SNAP benefits to families and individuals,
makes our food safer, healthier, and more affordable; that supports good, family-sustaining jobs for food
workers; and that supports family farmers and their communities, and ensures our food is produced in
ways that are consistent with our values. Foundational to achieving this vision is directly addressing the
harms ushered in by OBBB – correspondingly, Congress must reject any farm bill that fails to address the
harms of budget reconciliation.
A farm bill worthy of this vision would invest in affordable, accessible, and healthy food for all by
ensuring that families can purchase a healthy diet with dignity, increasing access to fruits and vegetables,
and empowering communities to purchase nutritious food from local fishers and farmers. A good farm bill
would ensure that our food is safe and free of toxins, meets animal welfare standards, and protects state
and local pesticide laws. For the food and farm workers who make our food system possible, a good farm
bill would ensure a living wage and protection from harm and harassment. Where our food system begins
– with family farmers and the communities they call home – a good farm bill would level the playing field
by supporting fair and competitive agricultural markets alongside vibrant local and regional supply
chains. It would ensure that American farmers – including diversified, organic, young, and Black,
Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) farmers – have fair access to essential tools they need to thrive –
from credit and insurance, to affordable land and the opportunity to build climate-resilient businesses.
Finally, a good farm bill would fully address the devastating and ongoing impacts of U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s office closures, reorganizations, relocations, as well as the uncertainty exacerbated by
funding freezes, award terminations, and staff firings – all of which have weakened the Department’s
ability to serve farmers, rural small businesses, and food insecure communities.
Every successful farm bill coalition has been built on the foundation of bipartisanship and the next farm
bill will be no different. Achieving this shared vision begins, but does not end, by addressing the harms of
budget reconciliation. As organizations representing millions of individuals, farmers, workers, and
families whose lives and livelihoods are impacted by the farm bill, we urge you to aim high toward a farm
bill that restores Americans’ trust in the federal government by making our food safer and healthier, more
accessible and affordable, supporting family farmers and their communities, and ensuring our food is
produced in ways that are consistent with our values. Anything short of that fails our farmers, our
communities, and us all.
Sincerely,
National
Agricultural Justice Project
AGRO International
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Alliance to End Hunger
American Friends Service Committee
American Heart Association
American Indian Mothers, Inc.
American Public Health Association
Autistic People of Color Fund
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Beyond Pesticides
Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Environmental Health
Center for Food Safety
Center for Good Food Purchasing
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Children’s HealthWatch
Christian Animal Rights Association
Community-Supported Agriculture Innovation Network
Earthjustice Action
Educators for Excellence
Environmental Working Group
Family Values @ Work
Farm Aid
Farm Sanctuary
Farmworker Justice
Food Animal Concerns Trust
Food Research & Action Center
FoodRecovery.org
Global Women’s Strike
GMO/Toxin Free USA
HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance
Impact Fund
Institute for Social and Economic Development
James Beard Foundation
League of Conservation V oters
Leah’s Pantry
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Mercy For Animals
MOSA Certified Organic
National Co+op Grocers
National Education Association
National Family Farm Coalition
National Organic Coalition
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
National Young Farmers Coalition
Natural Resources Defense Council
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
North American Food Systems Network
One Mississippi
Organic Seed Alliance
Patagonia
Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network
Pilot Light
Public Advocacy for Kids
Rainbow Housing Assistance Corporation
Re:wild Your Campus
Real Food Challenge
Resource Renewal Institute
RESULTS
RootsAction
Rural Coalition
Rural Progress
Sierra Club
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project
Sustainable Creation Supply Company
Swipe Out Hunger
Taste the Local Difference
The Coming Clean network
The Food Trust
The Transfarmation Project
Union for Reform Judaism
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
United Steelworkers
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Northeast
Adirondack Food System Network
Allston Brighton Health Collaborative
Arthur’s Point Farm
Bergen V olunteer Medical Initiative
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures
Brandon Area Food Shelf
Broome County Food Council
Camden Community Garden
Catalyst Collaborative Farm
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice
Ministry Celebration Tree Farm & Wellness Center
Center for an Ecology-Based Economy
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action
Fund Church Women United in New York State
Citizens Inn
City Green, Inc.
Cloverleigh Farm
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Coastal Foodshed
Coddiwomple Canning Company
Common Threads
CommonWealth Kitchen
Community Food Advocates
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
Community of Joy Church of the Brethren
Connecticut Alliance of Foster and Adoptive
Families Connecticut Food System Alliance
Cooperative Development Institute
Cultivating Community
Cumberland County Food Security Council
East Boston Social Centers
Eat Drink Rhode Island
Equity Advocates
Everett Community Growers
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Farmers Market Coalition
Farming Falmouth
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Feeding Hands, Inc.
Feeding New York State
Fertile Ground
Finca Seremos
Food AND Medicine
Food Link
Foodshed Alliance
Foxtrot Farm LLC
Full Plates Full Potential
Glynwood Center for Regional Food and
Farming Good Egg Marketing
Good Samaritan Food Pantry
Groundwork Somerville
Grow Food Northampton
Harrison Food Bank
Harvesting Good
Hawk Dance Farm
Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids
Here and There Grain Project
Hunger Free Vermont
Interreligious Food Consortium
Izaak Walton League of America
Just Harvest
King Arthur Baking Company
Land For Good
League of Women V oters of St. Lawrence County, New York
Locker Project
Lower Shore Food Council
Maine Council of Churches
Maine Farmland Trust
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Maryland Pesticide Education Network
Massachusetts Avenue Project
Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
Merck Family Fund
Merrymeeting Food Council
MetroWest Food Collaborative
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program
Mill City Grows
MontCo Anti-Hunger Network
Montgomery County Food Council
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
New Connecticut Farmer Alliance
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
New Hampshire Queer Farmer Network
NJ Food Democracy Collaborative
Nordica Street Community Farm
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Massachusetts
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire
Northeast Organic Farming Association Of New Jersey
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Rhode Island
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Nuestras Raíces, Inc.
Organic Planet LLC
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine
Pitney Meadows Community Farm
Pittsburgh Food Policy Council
Plant to Profit
Quarter Acre Farm LLC
Regional Environmental Council of Central Massachusetts
Rhode Island Food Policy Council
Rhode Island Healthy Schools Coalition
Rhode Island Land Trust Council
Rock Steady Farm
Root
Roxbury Foodshelf
Rural Schools Association of New York
Salem Food Policy Council
Soul Fire Farm
South Park Meals on Wheels
Southside Community Land Trust
Spanish American Center, Inc.
Spoonfuls
Spring-Ford Project Outreach
St. Basil Support Ministry
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Middletown, New York
St. Matthew Trinity Lunchtime Ministry
Stone Circle Farm
Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance
The Campaign Against Hunger
The Food Project
The Marion Institute, Inc.
The Salem Pantry
Three Sister Garden Project
Tomorrow’s Homestead
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
V oters For Animal Rights
Waterkeepers Chesapeake
We Grow Microgreens LLC
Wellness in the Schools
West Chester Food Cupboard
Wild Fruitings Mushroom Co
Wild Heart Farm
Workers Center of Central New York
World Farmers
Yardbirds Backyard Chickens
Midwest
19th Ward Mutual Aid
AIDS Foundation Chicago
Ancilla Beef and Grain Farm
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Appetite For Change
Athens Farmers Market
Catholic Rural Life
Cedillo’s Fresh Produce
Center for Rural Affairs
Central Illinois Young Farmers Coalition
Chicago Community Gardeners
Association Chicago Food Policy Action
Council
Clean Wisconsin
Climate Land Leaders
ColorBlindWork
Come-Unity Joy Garden
Contemporary Farmer, Inc.
Cultivate Kansas City
Dakota Resource Council
Dakota Rural Action
Destination Dirt
Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network
EarthDance Organic Farm School
Elawa Farm Foundation
Empower Missouri
Enlace Chicago
Fair Share Farm LLC
FairShare CSA Coalition
Families Anchored In Total Harmony, Inc.
Farm Family Foods
Farmers Rising
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project
Food Strong
Fox at the Fork Farm LLC
Garden to Table Pipeline North Lawndale
Geneseo-Atkinson Food Pantry
Good Food Catalyst
GrassWorks
Green State Solutions
Green Umbrella
Green Wagon Farm
GreenTree Coop Market
Groundwork Center for Resilient
Communities Growing Hope
Growing Re-Gen
Hall Hunger Initiative
Healing Soils Foundation
Hulitt Homestead LLC
Illinois Food System Infrastructure
Collaborative Illinois Stewardship Alliance
Indy Hunger Network
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture
Iowa Hunger Coalition
Iowa Valley RC&D
Isaiah 58 Ministries
Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc.
Jump IN for Healthy Kids
Kansas Rural Center
Kent County Food Policy Council
Land Stewardship Project
Longfellow Farm
Maiv Flower Farm
Marbleseed
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Michigan Farmers Market Association
Michigan Food and Farming Systems
Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
Midwest Vegetable Growers Network
Mill City Farmers Market
Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
Missouri River Bird Observatory
My Grow Connect
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
New Roots Urban Farm
Northeast Indiana Local Food Network
Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society
Northwest Indiana Food Council
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
Ohio Environmental Council
Ohio Federation for Health Equity and Social Justice
Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless
Operation Food Search
Operation Food Search
Paradise Ecological Services
Pax Christi Lansing
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm
Pettibone Urban Game
Pollinate Minnesota
Poweshiek Community Action to Restore Environmental Stewardship
Prairie Rose Agricultural Institute of Research, Innovation, and Education
Progress Michigan
Real Food Media
Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
Renewing the Countryside
River Bend Homestead
Sanctuary Farming
Savanna Institute
Second Helpings
Seedfolk Farm
Seven Seed Sowers Co-op
Share Food Share Love Food Pantry
Sheldon Heights Church of Christ Food
Pantry Silent Cooperation
Six Day Farm
Sola Gratia Farm
Southside Food Co-op
Stone Coop Farm
Sustainable Farming Association of
Minnesota Sustainable Iowa Land Trust
The City Market
The Cornucopia Institute
The Food Circle
The Good Acre
The Land Connection
The Land Institute
The Melanin Urban Gardener
Three Ernies Farm
Transformations Community Development Corporation
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Uptown Farmers Market
Urban Growers Collective, Inc.
Village of Maywood
Vital Ground Farm
V oices for Children in Nebraska
West Michigan Growers Group
West Michigan Young Farmers
West Side Farmers Market
Women Food and Agriculture Network
Wonderfarm
Southeast
Acadiana Growers Alliance
Advocates for Better Children’s Diets
AgriSystems International
Alabama Arise
Alabama Rivers Alliance
Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network
American Muslim Health Professionals
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
Baptist Church of the Covenant
Barcelo Gardens Fresh Market
Bliss Point Farm and B&B
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
Bread For the City
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
Broadfork Farm
Carbon180
Community Farm Alliance
Connecting Communities and Counseling
Agency Earth Tools
Farmworker Association of Florida
Florida Organic Growers
Flour to the People
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Food in Neighborhoods
FoodCorps
FoodShare South Carolina
Franciscan Action Network
Friends of the Earth U.S.
Georgia Organics
Hawks Shadow Farm
Healthy Flavors Arkansas LLC
HENOSiS
Hmong National Development, Inc.
Hummingbird Springs Farm
I-tal Acres Herb Farm and
Apothecary Kentucky Food Action
Network
Land & Liberation LLC
Louisiana Food Policy Council
Lowcountry Food Bank
Lulus Local Food
Market Central
Muse 3 Farm
NAACP South Carolina State Conference
National Black Food & Justice Alliance
Near Futures Projects
New Orleans Food Policy Council
NewCorp’s FARMacia Wellness Hub
Nightshade Farm & Flowers
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network
Nourish Up
Open Ridge Farm
Organic Growers School
Ozark Akerz Regenerative Farm
Picnic Project
Radical Roots Farm
Rainbow in the Dark
Rainbow Springs Farm
River Queen Greens
RIverstone Organic Farm
Rogers Local Food and Art Market
Rude Becky Farm
Rural Advancement Foundation International
Savage Acres
Serving At-Risk Families Everywhere,
Inc. Seven Springs Farm Supply
Solar Community Farm LLC
Southeast Tennessee Young Farmers Coalition
Sprout
SustainFloyd Foundation
Tangly Woods Farm
Tennessee Local Food
The Bethlehem Center
The Commons Network
The Nashville Food Project
Three In One Family Center
Toxic Free North Carolina
Treatment Communities of America
United Church of Christ
VEGGI Farmers Cooperative
Vine & Fig Educational Outreach Program
Virginia Association for Biological Farming
V oices for Virginia’s Children
Weathertop Farm LLC
Wind Haven Farm Flowers LLC
Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture
Southwest
Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network
Arizona Food Systems Network
C.A.S.A. del Llano (Communities Assuring a Sustainable
Agriculture) Campesinos Sin Fronteras
Center for Formative Action and Reflection
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Farm to Table – New Mexico
Flagstaff Family Food Center
Flagstaff Foodlink
Garden of Eatin
High Energy Agriculture
Just Farm
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
La Semilla Food Center
Latino Farmers and Ranchers International
Let’s Go Compost
Local First Arizona
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Arizona
Lutheran Campus Ministry
New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association
New Mexico Food & Agriculture Policy Council
New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group
New Mexico V oices for Children
Nourish’d Seeds
Oklahoma City Food Hub
Physicians for Social Responsibility Texas
Pinnacle Prevention
Seeds of Hope Publishers
Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
The National Center for Frontier Communities
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hidalgo County, Texas
Urban Harvest, Inc.
West
350 Bay Area Action
A.Moxley Consulting
Agricultural Institute of Marin
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association
Agroecology Commons
Alaska Food Policy Council
Andrea’s No Cost Farmers Market
April Joy Farm
Bend Farmers Market
Blossom Bluff Orchards
Boonville Barn Collective
Butte County Local Food Network
California Certified Organic Farmers
California FarmLink
Californians for Pesticide Reform
Campaign for Organic and Regenerative
Agriculture Carbon Cycle Institute
Center for Land-Based Learning
Ceres Community Project
Chiatri de Laguna Farm
Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Community Hope, Inc.
Community Water Center
Courage California
Denver Urban Gardens
Dr. Bronner’s
E&A Produce Market
Earth Neighborhood Productions
Ecological Farming Association
Esperanza Community Farms
Farm and Food Justice Network
Farmers Market Fund
Feed’em Freedom
Feeding Colorado
Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty
Food Bank of Northern Nevada
Food for People, the Food Bank for Humboldt county
Foodshed Cooperative, Inc.
Fresh Approach
Friends In Serving Humanity
Friends of Family Farmers
Garden-Raised Bounty
GoFarm
Good Farm Fund
Good Food Collective
Good Groceries LLC
Grazing School of the West
Hawaiʻi Good Food Alliance
Healthy Community Food Systems
Healthy Mission Dietitian, Inc.
Helpings Hands Food Bank
Hillsdale Farmers’ Market
Hunger Free Colorado
Hunger Intervention Program
Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force
Interfaith Sustainable Food
Collaborative Josephine County Farm
Collective
Kaumakapili Church
Long Beach Gray Panthers
Lost Coast Ranch
Medford Food Co-op
Metro Caring
Montana Organic Association
Mountain Freshies
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Northern Plains Resource Council
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides
Nourish Colorado
Oregon Climate and Agriculture Network
Oregon Farm to School Network
Oregon Food Bank
Oregon Organic Coalition
Oregon Tilth
Organic Farming Research Foundation
Pacific NW CSA Coalition
Paicines Ranch
Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon
Pie Ranch
Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank
Point Blue Conservation Science
Pueblo Food Project
Real Organic Project
Récolte Energy
Rogue Farm Corps
Rogue Food Unites
Roots of Change
Sammamish Valley Alliance
Sammamish Valley Grange
San Diego Food System Alliance
Sierra Harvest
Sierra Orchards
Sister Carmen Community Center
Sky Family Farms
Southeast Alaska Food Bank
TerraWalk Farm
Teton Food and Farm Coalition
The Learning Council
Three Feathers Farm
Two Roots Farm
Umpqua Valley Farmers’ Market
University District Food Bank
UpRoot Colorado
Vancouver Farmers Market Association
Washington Farmland Trust
Washington Food Coalition
Web of Life Products
Weber Family Farms
Well Fed Farmstead
Western Colorado Alliance
Wild Farm Alliance
Wild Oat Hollow
WildFlower Play Collective
Winter Farmers Market
Insular Areas
Agro Mercado Cultural Ultimo Trolley
Agroempresarias de Puerto Rico
Alliance for Agriculture
Finca Flor del Ají