The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) -- to reauthorize agriculture and nutrition programs through 2031 -- was passed by the House Agriculture Committee on March 4, 2026 with the expectation that it will be voted on by the full House before Easter (April 5). If it succeeds in the House, it will go on to the Senate. It's also possible that the Senate will produce a farm bill of its own. One way or another, the two chambers have to agree on one bill to be sent to the President.
Key urban agriculture provisions were included in H.R 7567:
Reauthorization of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
Reauthorization of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee
Permanence for urban county committees, which have been operating as pilots.
The House bill also includes the Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act, which extends the work of two popular covid-era programs that had been cancelled. Federal money would go to states and tribes to buy local food to feed the food insecure. This is not primarily an urban agriculture program, but it chips away at the dominance of centralized, industrial supply chains, and it builds the kinds of systems urban agriculture would need to matter at scale.
Passing a farm bill is not a straightforward process. Serious issues, like SNAP, are still under contention and Congress is under time pressure. Midterm elections are coming up soon, which means all members of the House and one third of the Senate will be diverted by campaigns to keep their seats. Congress might have to pass a fourth extension of the 2018 Farm Bill, and introduce a new bill next year with a new Congress.
There are even suggestions that an omnibus Farm Bill of the kind we've known since 1973 isn't possible at all.
MORE INFO:
• The House bill:
https://agriculture.house.gov/farmbill/
• The markup:
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a24f40e6-9b55-4aca-b8ba-6b4f34f51f32.html
• Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities:
• Can an omnibus Farm Bill still work?
https://ambrook.com/offrange/legislation/where-oh-where-can-my-farm-bill-be