NEFU focuses almost exclusively on federal farm policy. One notable exception is our commitment to defend cooperatives from any attempts by state legislatures to weaken or dilute the benefits of the cooperative form of conducting business. We have defended against changes to state laws that eliminate statutory requirements essential to traditional co-operative values such as member ownership, control and financing and distribution of benefits to members based on their patronage.
NEFU works on the federal farm bill to win effective policies and programs that serve the small, mid-sized and diversified family farms of New England. Read more about our farm bill work here. As soon as the farm bill is passed, NEFU will shift its focus to farm bill implementation. We comment on proposed rules, meet with USDA officials and communicate with our delegation about how programs and policies are being implemented on the ground.
Please contact your Congressman today. Tell them that when the recess is over, they need to bring the 2012 farm bill to the House floor and pass it.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Portland Office: 2 Portland Fish Pier, Suite 304 207-774-5019 or 888 862-6500
Congressman Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Lewiston Office: 179 Lisbon Street,
Phone: (207) 782-3704
Bangor Office: 6 State Street, Suite 10, Phone: (207) 942-6935
Presque Isle Office: 445 Main Street,
Phone: (207) 764-1036
Waterville Office: 108 Main Street, Phone: (207) 873-5713
Congressman John Olver (D-MA)
Holyoke Office: 57 Suffolk Street, Suite 310,
Holyoke, MA 01040
phone: (413) 532-7010
Pittsfield Office: 78 Center Street, Phone: (413) 442-0946
Fitchburg Office: 463 Main Street, Phone: (978) 342-8722
Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA)
Springfield Office: 300 State Street, Phone: (413) 785-0325
Milford Office: 2 Congress Street, Phone: (508) 634-8198
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA)
Worcester Office:
34 Mechanic Street, 1st floor,
Phone: (508) 831-7356
Marlborough Office:
255 Main Street, Suite 104, Phone: (508) 460-9292
Attleboro Office:
8 North Main Street, Suite 200, Phone: (508) 431-8025
Fall River Office:
371 South Main Street, Suite 102,
Phone: (508) 677-0140
Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)
New Bedford Office: 558 Pleasant Street #309,
Phone: (508) 999-6462
Newton Office: 29 Crafts Street,
Phone: (617) 332-3920
Taunton Office: 29 Broadway Suite 310 -The Jones Building,
Phone: (508) 822-4796
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (D-MA)
Lowell Office: 11 Kearney Square 3rd Floor, Phone: 978-459-0101
Lawrence Office: 305 Essex Street 4th Floor, Phone: 978-681-6200
Acton Office: 492 Main Street, Phone: 978-263-1951
Congressman John Tierney (D-MA)
Peabody Office: 17 Peabody Square, Phone: (978) 531-1669
Lynn Office: Room 412 Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Phone: (781) 595-7375
Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA)
Medford Office:
5 High Street, Suite 101
, Phone: 781-396-2900
Framingham Office:
188 Concord Street Suite 102,
Phone: 508-875-2900
Congressman Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Cambridge Office: 110 First Street
or
Roxbury Community College
Campus Library
Room 211
Roxbury,
Phone: (617) 621-6208
Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Boston Office: 88 Black Falcon Avenue, Suite 340,
Phone: (617) 428-2000
Brockton Office: 155 West Elm Street, Suite 200,
Phone: (508) 586-5555
Congressman Keating (D-MA)
Quincy Office: 1250 Hancock Street, Ste. 802N, Phone: (617) 770-3700
Cape and Islands: 297 North Street, Ste. 312, Hyannis, MA, Phone: (508) 771-0666
Plymouth Office: 2 Court Street, Phone: (508) 746-9000
Congressman Frank Guinta (R-NH)
Manchester Office: 33 Lowell Street,
Phone: (603) 641-9536
Congressman Charlie Bass (R-NH)
Concord Office: 114 North Main Street, Suite 200,
Phone: (603) 226-0064
Littleton Office: 32 Main St., Suite 110,
Phone: (603) 444-5505
Nashua Office: 70 East Pearl Street,
Phone: (603) 595-7701
Newport Office: 24 Main Street, Suite 3,
Phone: (603) 276-0831
Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT)
Please call and THANK Congressman Welch for his efforts to bring the farm bill to the House floor for a vote.
Burlington Office: 30 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 350, Phone: 802-652-2450 Toll free: 888-605-7270
Congressman John Larson (D-CT)
Hartford Office: 221 Main Street, 2nd Floor,
Phone: (860) 278-8888
Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Norwich Office: 55 Main Street, Suite 250, Phone: (860) 886-0139
Enfield Office:
77 Hazard Ave, Unit J, Phone: (860) 741-6011
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
New Haven Office: 59 Elm Street, Phone: (203) 562-3718, Stratford Exchange Phone: 203-378-9005
Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT)
Bridgeport Office: 211 State Street, 2nd Floor, Phone: (866) 453-0028
Congressman Chris Murphy (D-CT)
New Britain Office: 114 Main Street, Phone: (860) 223-8412
Meriden Office: 22-26 West Main Street, Phone: (203) 630-0815
Danbury Office: 198 Main Street, Phone: (203) 798-2072
Waterbury Office: 76 Center Street, Phone: (203) 759-7541
Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI)
Pawtucket Office: 1070 Main Street, Suite 300, Phone: 401-729-5600
Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Warwick Office: 300 Centerville Rd., Suite 200 South, Phone: (401) 732-9400
In addition to farm bill, NEFU works on the annual agricultural appropriations process to ensure adequate funding for working lands conservation and many of the programs essential to support a local and regional food system. NEFU also works on federal food safety regulation to ensure reasonable rules and regulations that are appropriate to the scale and practices of farmers in New England.
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