Roger Johnson is president of the National Farmers Union, which has posted its recommendations for the Farm Bill. NFU provides contact information for state and regional organizations as well.

Farm Policy Facts is a nonprofit coalition of farming and commodity groups working to educate Congress and the public on sound farm policy. Its website includes a page of data about U.S. farming.

Stephen L. Censky is chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, which has posted its outlook for the farm bill. The association lists executive committee members from around the country.

The Barna Group is a leading research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture. It provides primary research, communications tools, printed resources, leadership development for young people, and church facilitation and enhancement in order to “partner with Christian ministries and individuals to be a catalyst in moral and spiritual transformation in the United […]

Read an article about the Catholic bishops of the United States urging their followers to lobby for a bill that does not cut support for the needy. They have published parish bulletin inserts and prayer cards “to help you pray and advocate for a 2012 Farm Bill that addresses domestic and global hunger and malnutrition.”

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national nonprofit agency working against hunger in the United States and abroad. Its president and CEO is Abby J. Leibman. Media contact is Liza Lieberman.

The Jewish Working Group for a Just Farm Bill includes representatives from American Jewish World Service, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, Hazon, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and the Union for Reform Judaism. Several spoke on Capitol Hill earlier this year about the bill.

The Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs connects faith-based and faith-affiliated groups that are working to end poverty in the U.S. The group aims to focus attention during the farm bill debate on shielding from budget cuts those federal programs that help the hungry.

June 26, 2004, The Washington Post article about religious denominations support of marijuana for medical purposes.