Rural Coalition Statement on USDA Implementation of Debt Payments for Underserved Farmers and Ranchers OCT 18, 2022 The United States Department of Agriculture today announced the phased implementation of the $3.1 billion in critical debt relief for distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans whose agricultural operations are at financial risk enacted in August in… Read more »
October 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: On Debt Payments to Farmers and Ranchers
Rural Coalition Statement on USDA Implementation of Debt Payments for Underserved Farmers and Ranchers OCT 18, 2022 The United States Department of Agriculture today announced the phased implementation of the $3.1 billion in critical debt relief for distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans whose agricultural operations are at financial risk enacted in August in… Read more »
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While we work on long-term solutions to systemic injustices, we also are called to stay active in our local communities. On January 18, 2021 Rev. Frank Dew and other members of Salem presbytery worked with partners to raise awareness about hunger through a food drive and advocacy, as one of many ways to honor the… 
Defund the police reflection This reflection comes to us from Ashley Bair, who is working for Presbyterian Peace Fellowship during PPF’s deep focus on defunding the police. Ashley Bair It’s past time for a new way. That was the message my neighbors and I carried when we met on a lawn in late May. We… 
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