![photo of a large group of people posed at the base of the US Capitol's steps, with the dome behind them, holding a banner that reads "Land Access Now"](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Young-Farmers-DC-fly-in-scaled-e1680787589274-1000x600.jpg)
Farm Bill 2023
The Farm Bill is a massive piece of federal legislation that plays a key role in how we eat. UCS advocates for a transformational food and farm bill that will make our food system more healthy, sustainable, resilient, and equitable.
![photo of a large group of people posed at the base of the US Capitol's steps, with the dome behind them, holding a banner that reads "Land Access Now"](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Young-Farmers-DC-fly-in-scaled-e1680787589274-1000x600.jpg)
![](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0928-Karen-blog-1-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a line of farmworkers picking and bagging heads of lettuce to put in many cardboard boxes on a trailer in the background; the workers are all wearing hats and bandanas as protection from the sun and pesticides](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lettuce-picking-scaled-e1692824496301-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a farmer wearing a bucket hat and driving a tractor toward the camera, with some trees and hazy sky in the background](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/farmer-on-tractor-e1692113460483-1000x600.jpg)
![Pigs crowded into a CAFO](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mark-Stebnicki-Pexels-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of faceless farmworkers in a strawberry field; some are bent over picking and others are carrying fully loaded crates on their shoulders](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/47075385494_51b69e73e8_k-e1689692613291-1000x600.jpg)
![Two workers are bent over in a field, picking strawberries in California. It looks like back-breaking labor.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template73-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a farmer looking out over a flooded field; the sun is setting in the background and the light is reflecting off the floodwaters](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/farmer-in-flooded-field-scaled-e1683908430877-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a massive wall of orange dust clouds moving down an empty road lined with tall streetlights, heading straight toward the camera](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dust-storm-scaled-e1683810782841-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of members of the Good Food For All coalition posing on the steps in front of the US Capitol in May 2023](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GFFA-lobby-day-scaled-e1683732164591-1000x598.jpg)
![Girl with red hat drinking water](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-0508-Amanda-blog-1-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a family picking strawberries in a field, with a house in the background](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/families-on-farm-scaled-e1680620859594-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of three scientists measuring water quality in a marshy area with tall grasses; they are each wearing high rubber boots and holding different pieces of equipment](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/soil-scientists-scaled-e1679936193646-1000x600.jpg)
![a group of people at a D.C. rally holding a banner that reads, "Farmers for Climate Action: rally for resilience"](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template49-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a sign next to a rural road. It reads "The Next Farm Bill" at the top, and "Town Hall" below, with an arrow pointing away from the road.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/35835105913_9f2445afa0_k-e1675967212237-998x600.jpg)
![California Air National Guard members deliver food on April 2, 2020, as part of the Cal Guard's COVID-19 humanitarian mission](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template46-1000x600.jpg)
![a Black farmer smiles holding a bucket as the goats he raises gather around him](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template42-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a woman speaking to a crowd on a city street through a microphone, in front of a sign that says "sub-poverty wages: I'm not lovin' it"](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/farmworker-protest-e1668802811382-1000x600.jpg)
![Produce at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Alice-R-blog-110822-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a tray of soybean sprouts in the foreground and a lab technician conducting tests in the background](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ag-science-e1652214263516-1000x600.jpg)
The Farm Bill is a massive piece of federal legislation that plays a key role in how we eat. UCS advocates for a transformational food and farm bill that will make our food system more healthy, sustainable, resilient, and equitable.