Democratic platform pledges support for beginning farmers, local food systems
Story Date: 8/1/2016

 

Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 7/25/16


Given the fairly detailed agricultural “factsheet” put out by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in August of 2015, it would have been reasonable to expect an even more comprehensive agricultural policy position would be laid out in the Democratic National Platform. When the final platform was released last week, however, it was only a modest improvement over the sparse draft released earlier this month by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

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