Comments on: Draft Senate Farm Bill: Local & Regional Food and Rural Development https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/senate-chairmans-mark-local-food/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senate-chairmans-mark-local-food Supporting the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeter Isely https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/senate-chairmans-mark-local-food/#comment-1044260 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:32:34 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=49229#comment-1044260 Perhaps previsions reducing regulatory thresholds on smaller producers such as:
1. Increasing the threshold at which farmers must comply with FSMA from $25K to $100K.
2. Ensuring that small processors have access to USDA inspectors with more species covered to enable higher value productions in rural areas.

Often it feels like one hand is seeking to help while the other is seeking to put smaller producers seeking higher value production out of business.

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