During the lead-up to the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, groups such as the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) fought to secure mandatory funding for the Value-Added Producer Grant program, which they believed would bolster it for years to come. The push was successful, but now, the Senate is proposing cutting all of the discretionary funding the grant program receives through the agriculture appropriations bill. If that happens, it could result in $8 million less per year going to farmers.
