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Join the Movement to Make Local, Organic Food Available for All!

At the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, we fight for fair farm and food policies.

Our members—farmers, gardeners, businesses, and concerned citizens—want to create a sustainable, regional food system centered on local, organic agriculture.

CFSA gives voice to that vision by representing our members before state and federal officials, championing changes to our laws that promote healthy food and farming, and defending small farms from unfair rules and unscrupulous business practices.

You can be a part of this strong, active, and enthusiastic community and help local, organic food and farming grow. Take action today!

Food Safety

Local Food Not Safe from FDA ‘Safety’ Rules

Three years ago our movement fought hard to protect local food from one-size-fits-all food safety rules, and Congress listened to us when they included the Tester-Hagan amendment in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  But the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) didn’t get the memo.  They estimate that their proposed rules to implement FSMA will cost the typical small farm $22,383 per year.  Since the average net cash income for farmers nationally was 10% of sales in 2011, this represents a severe burden that will put many small farms out of business.

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Farm Bill

The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that comes up every five years or so, and sets US policy for everything from food stamps and school lunches, to soil and water conservation, to subsidies for growing certain crops, to beginning farmer support programs, and so much more.

GMO Labeling

The Fight Is Not Over

As many of you know, the statewide ballot initiative to label genetically engineered food in California, known as Proposition 37, was defeated on Election Day by a vote of 53 percent to 47 percent.

While the measure was defeated, the 4 million votes that were cast for Prop 37 in California shows that a huge number of Americans want the right to know what is in their food. Learn More →

NC Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council

UPDATE – March 2013

Early this month, the NC House added a provision to Senate Bill 10 (S10) The Government Reduction and Efficiency Act of 2013 that would change the sunset for the NC Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council to July 1 of this year. Just last July, we worked to get that sunset extended to 2015, and that win is in immediate jeopardy.

NC Salad Greens

We Saved the Salad Greens!

UPDATE:  May 11, 2012

Two weeks ago we launched an urgent grassroots campaign to prevent small NC farms from losing restaurants as a customer for lettuces, spinach and other leafy greens.   Learn More →