PCC Community Markets logo PCC Community Markets

Opposing Relocation of USDA Researchers

June 26, 2019

 

PCC signed on to a letter urging the U.S. Senate to reject the relocation of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research agencies from Washington D.C. to Kansas City.

In June 2019, the Trump Administration announced that research staff of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and Economic Research Service (ERS) would be relocated to Kansas City.

Organized by the Friends of Agricultural Statistics and Analysis, the sign-on letter garnered over 170 signatures from organizations across the country. The letter expressed deep concern for the integrity of scientific research, education and investment in the United States’ agricultural industry, should the move take place.

Read the full letter here.

Related reading

Fall 2021 Comments to NOSB

PCC submitted written comments and provided oral testimony for the virtual fall 2021 meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s advisory committee to the National Organic Program (NOP).

Read On

Funding requests for sustainable food programs

To Washington State legislators asking support for $2.6 million in new funding for WSU's BioAg program.

Read On

A proposed checkoff program for organic

We are unable to find convincing evidence the checkoff model would deliver the desired results.

Read On