OFRF’S ACTION ARCHIVE
Sign-on letters
- Strengthening Organic Agriculture Research (SOAR) Act Sign-on Letter (May 2023)
- Building Resilience Through Agricultural Research in the Upcoming Farm Bill (November 2022)
- Group Support of Climate Solutions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (August 2022)
- Group Support of Extending OTECP Deadline Application (December 2021)
- OFRF Letter to Leadership to Support Ag Research (October 2021)
- Group Support of $28 Billion Investment of USDA Agriculture Conservation Programs (October 2021)
- Farm to Fork – Statement on Reconciliation Bill (September 2021)
- Letter to Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, USDA (March 2021)
- Letter to USDA: Organic Organizations and Farms ask USDA to Swiftly Finalize Rule to Save Family Organic Dairy Farms(January 2021)
Agency/Administrative Comments
- Written Comments for NOSB Meetings (April 2022)
- Letter to USDA National Organic Program to Protect Native Ecosystems (March 2022)
- OFRF Comment on Climate-Friendly Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program (November 2021)
- OFRF Comment on Equity at USDA (August 2021)
- OFRF Comment on NIFA 2023 Priorities (June 2021)
- OFRF Comment on Climate Action (May 2021)
- Comments on Proposed Revisions to NRCS Conservation Practice Standards (April 2021)
- Letter to Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, USDA (April 2021)
- OFRF USDA Agency Recommendations 2021 (April 2021)
- OFRF Letter to the Agriculture Research Service (December 2020)
- OFRF Letter to Biden Administration/Transition Team (November 2020)
- Comments to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Fifth National Climate Assessment (August 2020)
- Comments on the 2020 Agriculture Innovations Agenda (July 2020)
- Interim Final Rule for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) (May 2020)
- USDA Agriculture Research Service 2021-25 Action Plan for National Program 212 Soil and Air (May 2020)
- National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agency Services (April 2020)
- Second Order Draft of Assessment Report 6 (AR6) from Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (March 2020)
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program Interim Final Rule, NRCS (February 2020)
- Conservation Reserve Program Interim Final Rule (February 2020)
- Conservation Stewardship Program Interim Final Rule, NRCS-2019-0020 (January 2020)
- USDA National Organic Standards Board Research Priorities (October 2019)
- National Organic Program; Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices; Withdrawal (January 2018)
- USDA NIFA Stakeholder Priorities in Research, Education, and Extension (December 2017)
- Comments Responding to the 2017 FY 2017 Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program-Organic Transitions (July 2017)
- Comments Responding to the 2017 Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative Request for Applications (June 2017)
- Organic Livestock and Poultry Practice Rule (June 2017)
- Proposed Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order (April 2017)
- Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Comments Submitted on Behalf of Organic Farming Research Foundation (March 2017)
- OFRF Comments FFAR Open Board Meeting (October 2016)
- OFRF Comments on the Use of the Term “Natural” in the Labeling of Human Food Products (May 2016)
- OFRF Comments to the Science and Technology Policy Office to Identify Sources of Agricultural Innovation (December 2015)
- OFRF Comments on the Importance of Organic Agriculture Research to the National Organic Standards Board (October 2015)
- OFRF Comments to the Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (October 2015)
- OFRF Comments on Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (August 2015)
- OFRF Comments to Food and Agricultural Research (June 2015)
- OFRF Testimony to the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee (March 2015)
- OFRF Policy Statement: Research and Promotion Order (January 2014)
- OFRF Policy Statement on GMO (November 2013)
Congressional Comments and Testimony
- Thelma’s Testimony
- Appropriations Testimony fy 24
- Comments to the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis (June 2020)
- Appropriations Request Fiscal Year 2021 (February 2020)
- Policy Recommendations on Organic Agriculture, Climate Mitigation and Resiliency (November 2019)
- Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives, Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research (June 2019)
- 2018 Research, Education, and Economics Farm Bill Implementation Listening Session (March 2019)
- Testimony for Fiscal Year 2018 to House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (April 2017)
- Testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (March 2016)
