Oxfam America

Subsidy Caps

Resources and tools for campaigners.

Calendar Of Key Dates
A calendar of key dates for the subsidy cap legislation.
Sample Phone Script
This phone script was originally used in a phone banking effort in Minnesota led by the Land Stewardship Project.
Talking Points on Payment Limits
Balance the Budget, Prevent Hunger and Alleviate Poverty
Sample Letter To The Editor
Paul Gebhart is a farmer from Edinburg, Illinois and a board member of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance.
Sample Faith Commentary
This commentary was originally published by Third Way Cafe. Bethany Spicher is a legislative assistant in the Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office.
Sample Local Commentary
This first appeared in the Rochester Post Bulletin on May 18, 2005. Carla Johnson is the executive director of the Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf in Rochester. Dave Serfling is a Land Stewardship Project (LSP) member and serves on LSP's Federal Farm Policy Committee.
Sample Postcard Text
This is the postcard text that was sent to Senator Coleman during the summer.
Tools for Tabling
These two pdf files are also available to order from Oxfam (contact Liz Carty below); we are using them in our current outreach efforts to encourage our constituents to promote the issue among their respective communities and to take action.
Sample Editorial Pitch
In addition to the example for Kansas below, Oxfam did similar Editorial Pitches in IN, KY, MN, VT and WY. If your organization could create something similar for other states, that would be fantastic!