Ferd Hoefner is policy director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, an alliance of several organizations.

Rob Hedberg is director of the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. It promotes farming systems that are “profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education grants program.”

Bob Stallman is president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The national organization links to state farm bureaus. See its backgrounder (PDF) on the bill and an explanation of its priorities and concerns about the Senate measure.

Jon Scholl is president of American Farmland Trust, a conservation organization. It has a website devoted to the farm bill.

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.

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.

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

The House Agriculture Committee is responsible for reauthorizing the Farm Bill. It is chaired by Rep. Frank D. Lucas.

Rep. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., is the House Agriculture Committee’s ranking minority member.