Weekly Harvest Newsletter
Special Issue: Hurricane Assistance for Agricultural Producers
September 28, 2005
Featured below are links to federal and state resources, nonprofit groups, aid organizations, publications, and news articles focusing on assistance available to farmers and the rural poor in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Visit the ATTRA Web site's Hurricane Assistance for Agricultural Producers page for a complete listing of resources.
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USDA Resources
Farm Service Agency Disaster Assistance
- Emergency Loans - help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine.
- Emergency Conservation Program - provides emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.
- The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program - provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters.
Comprehensive Hurricane Katrina Relief Information
Information for food and housing assistance, disaster cleanup, agency resources, and for USDA personnel in the affected areas.
> More USDA resources
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NCAT/ATTRA Resources
Operation Fresh Start
Operation Fresh Start is designed to empower individuals and communities as they recover from hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other natural disasters by providing resources and tools that can help rebuild communities, businesses, and homes using sustainable principles and technologies.
Hurricane Assistance for Agricultural Producers
A comprehensive collection of
federal and state resources, nonprofit groups, aid organizations, publications, and news articles focusing on assistance available to farmers and the rural poor in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Local, State and Nonprofit Resources
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery
This Mississippi State University Extension Service Web site contains links to dozens of publications with advice on how to deal with crops, soils, livestock, and poultry affected by the hurricane, as well as publications on cleanup, repairs, disaster assistance, family needs, and more.
LSU AgCenter Hurricane Katrina Information
This Web site from Louisiana State University offers a wealth of information including articles on storm cleanup and publications such as Assessing Landscape Tree Loss, and more. > More local, state and nonprofit resources
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Organizations Accepting Donations to Assist Farmers
Oxfam America's Hurricane Katrina Response and Recovery Fund
Oxfam's relief efforts are focusing on poor rural and urban residents, many of whom are African-American farmers, migrant farm workers, and immigrant dock workers.
National Family Farm Coalition
The Coalition has re-activated its Credit Task Force and will be working to ensure federal disaster assistance meets the needs of family farmers.
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Publications
Farmers' Guide to Disaster Assistance (5th edition 2004)
This publication from the Farmers' Legal Action Group describes in plain language the rules for programs such as FEMA assistance, federal crop insurance, USDA's Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, and Emergency Loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency. Bound copies of the book are available free to financially distressed farmers by calling 651-223-5400. The complete book is also available for free online.
Small Fruit Strategies After a Storm
Storm damage to small fruits shows itself in different ways, depending on crop growth habit as well as proximity to the storm. Here are suggestions to help fruit growers evaluate damage and take whatever corrective action is possible.
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Recent News Articles
Search and Rescue Finished, Effort Shifts to Saving Stranded Cattle
In rural
Cameron Parish ranchers team up with members of the U.S. military in rounding up stray cattle.
Ranchers from throughout the area have joined together to help round them all up, sorting them by symbols branded into their hides -- such as J8, TM and Circle M.
Big Dreams for the Big Easy
New Orleans should be rebuilt using sustainable, green approaches says an article appearing in the online magazine Grist. This includes reestablishing wetlands to serve as buffers to severe storms, supporting renewable energy, and rebuilding communities with smart growth principles.
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Other Federal Resources
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