Green Dinners
Eat, Talk, and Solve Together
Green Dinners allow people in our local community to come together, not only to enjoy each others company, but also to bring up relevant issues occuring in our neighborhood that we'd like to change. It's a great opportunity to meet people, strengthen friendships, eat nourishing food, and to get in touch with your community. Green Dinners first initiated with ...learn more
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Created: Oct 18, 2007
Updated: Aug 15, 2009
Membership: Open
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The
Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers and manages farm commodity,
credit, conservation, disaster and loan programs as laid out by
Congress through a network of federal, state and county offices.
These
programs are designed to improve the economic stability of the
agricultural industry and to help farmers adjust production to meet
demand. Economically, the desired result of these programs is a steady
price range for agricultural commodities for both farmers and
consumers.
In
the Eisenhower administration, the Congress split the functions of the
Triple A committees, creating the state and county office system to
take care of administrative functions and kept the farmer county
committee to oversee implementation of federal programs in their county.
State
and county offices directly administer FSA programs. These offices
certify farmers for farm programs and pay out farm subsidies and
disaster payments. Currently, there are 2,346 FSA county offices in the
continental states. FSA also has offices in Hawaii, and a few American
territories.
More
than 8,000 farmer county committee members serve in FSA county offices
nationwide. Committee members are the local authorities responsible for
fairly and equitably resolving local issues while remaining dually and
directly accountable to the Secretary of Agriculture and local
producers though the elective process. They operate within official
regulations designed to carry out Federal laws and provide a necessary
and important voice in Federal decisions affecting their counties and
communities.
Committee
members make decisions affecting which FSA programs are implemented
county-wide, the establishment of allotment and yields, commodity price
support loans and payments, conservation programs, incentive,
indemnity, and disaster payments for commodities, and other farm
disaster assistance.
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Provides contact information as well as a listing of the programs and offices that make up the Farm Service Agency.
Includes biographies of the Farm Service Agency leadership.
Provides a history of the agency and describes its vision and mission.
Includes information about the budget, the strategic plan, and efforts to ensure that activities are managed efficiently.
