Take Action Thank you to all who have signed the Farmer Letter on Climate…
Mark SchonbeckJanuary 29, 2020
House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Comments Submitted by VABF House Select Committee…
VABF AdminNovember 25, 2019
Agriculture and Climate Change: Policy Imperatives and Opportunities to Help Producers Meet the Challenge National…
Mark SchonbeckNovember 19, 2019
Farmer Letter on Climate Change Solutions in Agriculture As the Virginia drought grinds on…
Mark SchonbeckOctober 18, 2019
Take Action Farmer Letter on Climate Change Solutions in Agriculture On-line Signature Form Opens…
Mark SchonbeckSeptember 22, 2019
Farmer Letter on Climate Change Solutions in Agriculture Ever more extreme weather events, from last…
Mark SchonbeckSeptember 21, 2019
Current USDA and State (VA) Program Opportunities This will become a new “regular feature”…
Mark SchonbeckAugust 23, 2019
Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program $73 million available to help farmers protect water…
VABF AdminJuly 18, 2019
USDA Agency Relocation Update and Next Steps Thank Virginia’s Senators for Co-sponsoring Agriculture Research Integrity…
Mark SchonbeckJune 19, 2019
VABF Policy Team Meets with Representative Spanberger During the two week long Congressional Easter…
Mark SchonbeckMay 15, 2019
2019 Conservation Stewardship Program Open for Signup Deadline for Initial Application is May 10 …
Mark SchonbeckApril 17, 2019
Review of NRCS National Conservation Practice Standards Public input requested. Deadline April 25 In…
Mark SchonbeckMarch 13, 2019
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Meets in DC to Identify and Initiate Next Steps What happens…
Mark SchonbeckFebruary 12, 2019
Last week, the Farm Bill Conference delivered a 2018 Farm Bill, which both chambers of…
Mark SchonbeckDecember 18, 2018
With the Democratic Party now the majority in the House, the Agriculture Committee chairmanship will…
Mark SchonbeckNovember 15, 2018
On Thursday November 8, Jill Auburn attended the NRCS State Technical Committee (STC) meeting in…
Mark SchonbeckNovember 15, 2018
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue’s proposal to relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute…
Mark SchonbeckOctober 16, 2018
On September 30, the 2014 Farm Bill expired, with neither a new Farm Bill nor…
Mark SchonbeckOctober 16, 2018
Explore how your member of Congress voted on policies that make our food system more…
VABF AdminSeptember 27, 2018
