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Dear John,

The ball is rolling with the Farm Bill: The House now has a proposed draft and the Senate may not be far behind. Disappointingly, the House’s recently released funding bill makes spending cuts to every Farm Aid priority program from SNAP funding to eliminating protections for small meat and poultry producers against large companies. The bill also prohibits equity, diversity and inclusion programs at the USDA, and allows individuals and organizations to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ people on the basis of “sincerely held religious beliefs.”

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Our newest Farmer Heroes, Stacy and Virginia Thomas of Clover Mountain Dairy in Washington State [[link removed]], have renounced the culture of quantity, concentrating instead on quality. Virginia sat down with Farm Aid to share the journey that resulted in a micro-dairy that incorporates regenerative practices and supports a robust rural community.

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