Wes King on the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Wes King has worked on sustainability and food policy issues for nearly ten years. He staffs NSAC’s Marketing, Food Systems and Rural Development Committee. Before joining NSAC, Wes spent the previous six years at NSAC member organization, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, working on food access, farmers markets and working-lands conservation policy; and leading efforts to create a more risk and scale appropriate regulatory environment for farms and local food businesses. Prior to that he worked for the Illinois Environmental Council. Wes holds an M.A. and B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois.

In this segment, Wes answers questions like 

- What kind of work does the NSAC do?

-How does the NSAC influence farming and ag policy?

-The next Farm Bill and how it will support local and regional food systems.

-The current proposal to cut funding for USDA rural development programs

-The decision at USDA to eliminate the Under Secretary of Rural Development and its impact

Find out more about Wes and his work at www.SustainableAgriculture.net