The current administration is gutting USDA and attacking our food system, farmers, and communities. Its primary targets are federal workers, the overlooked yet essential workforce that ensures federal programs reach farmers in rural communities across the country. Federal farm and food programs make healthy food more accessible, make farms more resistant to extreme weather events, help mitigate risk, provide emergency financial support, and fund conservation practices that improve farm businesses and our natural resources for years to come.

All of these programs require dedicated civil servants to administer them, folks ready to work directly with the farmers that use them.

Did you know that close to 30% of USDA employees have been or are at risk of being fired? This massive reduction in capacity will result in delays for all farmers accessing all USDA programs, exacerbate administrative bottlenecks, and makeUSDA resources even harder to deliver across the country.

We urge you to contact your members of Congress demanding they rehire and fully staff USDA and its subagencies,and let them know how important the work of the federal workforce is to carrying out your organization's mission.

Can you email your member of Congress and ask them to urge Secretary Rollins to stop all the firings of USDA employees and fully staff all local offices?

Thank you so much for standing up for USDA employees!