A group known for its advocacy for progressive agricultural issues has teamed with a trio of non-ag organizations concerned about government spending on farm programs to detail a list of priorities for the upcoming farm bill.

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and three other groups petitioned Congress Tuesday to advance a farm bill that promotes “resilience, instead of dependence on federal farm subsidies.”

The letter doesn’t identify specific programs in need of an overhaul, but does point to the need for “common sense reforms to farm bill programs, particularly those in the Commodity, Conservation and Crop Insurance Titles.”

In addition to NSAC, the letter also carries the endorsement of the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank, Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group known for its advocacy for fiscal restraint, and the left-leaning U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

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