Back to Top Sustainable Agriculture Many farmers share the growing public concern about the future of our food system. Some are deliberately searching for ways to farm that are not only profitable but durable. It emphasizes farming in ways that will protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the health and safety of farm workers and consumers, while producing needed food and fiber supplies at a profit for farmers. While many farmers are interested in adopting sustainable farming practices, changing from conventional to sustainable food production and distribution systems is a difficult and expensive process. It requires investment capital, community leadership, legal and technical expertise, and a willingness to take the risks linked to changing production and marketing methods.
FLAG provides legal support to certain grassroots sustainable agriculture organizations.
Those organizations are trying to create a partnership between farmers, consumers, environmentalists, business constituencies, and government to forge a new vision of agriculture production that is based on principles of land stewardship, sound resource management, and the revitalization of rural economies. Many farms and ranches have been ravaged by disasters in the last six months. Several federal programs are available to help farmers recoup some of what they lost. Disaster Loan Programs Bankruptcy FLAG publishes a book entitled Farmers' Guide to Disaster Assistance that explains all of these programs in user-friendly language. FLAG also provides training on disaster assistance issues to farmers, advocates, and lawyers in disaster-afflicted areas around the country.