By Michael Wall
Michael Wall is Georgia Organics’ Director of Advocacy and former Director of Farmer Providers.
In 2021, the Georgia Organics board of administrators handed a Strategic Plan that put the group on a brand new path for advocacy, farm coverage, and motion constructing. A brand new division of Georgia Organics, Farmer Advocacy, was launched in January 2022.
To raised perceive the coverage priorities of our farmers, Georgia Organics Farmer Advocacy, with enter from Listen4Good and the Georgia Organics Advocacy and Applications Committee, launched a survey initiative. Over the spring and early summer season of 2022, Georgia Organics distributed a survey to greater than 1,000 farmers to find out their highest coverage priorities.
The outcomes of that survey, that includes the enter from 128 natural and sustainable farmers, are beneath. The survey information has additionally been revealed as a report (obtainable right here) that has been shared with dozens of advocacy companions and Congressional lawmakers.
Demographic information on the farmers who crammed out the survey can also be supplied on the conclusion of the survey’s outcomes abstract beneath.
