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Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience [1]

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Date: 2023-03

Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience

Schedule of Events

March 6-8, 2023, Washington, D.C.

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Monday, March 6

4:00 pm Welcome and opening (Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Ave NW)

5:00 pm Reception and sign-making (Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Ave NW)

Tuesday, March 7

11:00 am Rally with farmer speeches and musical performances, Freedom Plaza

1:00 pm March from Freedom Plaza to Capitol Hill

4:00 pm Lobby day training (Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE)

Wednesday, March 8

9:00 am Press event focused on farmers’ stories (Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE)

10:00 am Lobby day on Capitol Hill (base camp for participants: Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE)

4:00 pm Closing

Photo credit: USDA

Performers

John Mellencamp

Willie Nelson (via video)

Shirlette Ammons

Lil Idli

Our Event Speakers

Rally Main Stage:

Ray Jeffers

Chili Yazzie

David Senter

Marielena Vega

Angela Dawson

Norysell Massanet

Julieta Saucedo

Yadi Wang

Yanely Martinez

Claudia Lenz

Helga Garcia-Garza

Opening

Phillip Barker

Farmer Chippy

Amyrose Foll

Sophia Buggs

Allie Hall

Press Event

Yadi Wang

Lindsay Klaunig

Marielena Vega

Dorathy Barker

Background

Every day, farmers work at the front lines of the climate crisis.

While the past year has seen significant investments to incentivize climate-friendly agriculture, necessary on-the-ground change requires further policy transformation.

The next Farm Bill needs to explicitly empower farmers to address climate change, by providing resources, assistance, and incentives that will allow them to lead the way in implementing proven climate solutions.

The Rally for Resilience will bring together farmers and farm organizations from all over the country with a united request for their members of Congress–make climate change policy a priority in the 2023 Farm Bill!

Are you a farmer? A farm organization? You are our priority in organizing this event!

Register to join us in Washington, D.C.!

Here are some of the key details.

Key asks

Farmer-Led Climate Solutions

Racial Justice in the Farm Bill

Communities, not Corporations

Photo credit: Preston Keres

Lodging Options

Many participants are attending as part of a delegation, with accommodations arranged by the organization leading the delegation. For those without lodging arrangements, here are some resources:

List of nearby hotels with available rooms

Short-term room or apartment rentals, such as through Airbnb, can be more affordable

Find someone to share accommodations with via this forum

Organizations who collaborated to plan the rally

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Farm Aid

Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA

Food Animal Concerns Trust

Pasa Sustainable Agriculture

Land Stewardship Project

Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association

Union of Concerned Scientists

Organic Seed Alliance

Certified Naturally Grown

National Young Farmers Coalition

Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future

HEAL Food Alliance

Kiss the Ground/Regenerate America

EarthJustice

Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance

Family Farm Defenders

Rural Coalition

Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Access Fund

Natural Resource Defence Council

Organic Farmers Association

American Sustainable Business Network

The Wilderness Society

Organizations who brought delegations of farmers and advocates to the rally

Ag Noire

Association of Asian Farmers

Black Farmers United – New York State

Black Food Fund

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

Chicago Food Policy Action Council

Community Farm Alliance

Cultivate Kansas City

Dakota Rural Action

Florida Organic Growers

Food Animal Concerns Trust

Food Craft HUB

HEAL Food Alliance

Healing by Growing Farms (a Therapeutic Respite Farm)

Illinois Stewardship Alliance

Kansas Black Farmers Association

Kiss the Ground / Regenerate America

Land Stewardship Project

Michigan Food and Farming Systems

Mississippi River Network

Northeast Organic Farming Association

Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association

Organic Farmers Association

Pasa Sustainable Agriculture

Punjabi American Growers Group

Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA

Slow Food USA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Waterkeepers Chesapeake – Fair Farms Campaign

Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN)

World Farmers

Support the Rally

To ensure significant farmer turn-out in DC to influence Congress, we must raise funds to provide travel and lodging stipends, as well as to cover operational and logistical expenses for this historic event.

For sponsorship information, contact Laura Zaks at [email protected]

Donate Now: Support the Rally for Resilience!

Our Sponsors

Would like to acknowledge the incredible support we received to make this dream a reality. Thank you to all of our sponsors without whom the Rally for Resilience would not be possible!

Farm Aid

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

11th Hour Foundation

Ben and Jerry’s

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Carhartt

Mercy for Animals

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders

Patagonia

Solectrac

Earthjustice

Climate Reality Project

Patagonia Workwear

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