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Seed Savers Exchange: The (New) Real Story Including Intrigue, Deception & the Doomsday Vault- Excerpt of A Letter from It’s Founder

January 25, 2010 // 17 Comments

Seed Saver’s Exchange, Svalgard, and the USDA by Kent Wheatly, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange The following is an excerpt from a July 2009 letter sent by the [...]

BusinessWeek Article: Entrepreneurs Keep the Local Food Movement Hot

January 22, 2010 // 1 Comment

Local food businesses play a much more critical role in economic development than commonly thought, a new report shows By John Tozzi Entrepreneurs are flocking to local food, [...]

2009 CROP YEAR IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS, USDA REPORTS

January 22, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA NASS NEWS RELEASE Contact: Ellen Dougherty, (202) 690-8122; Lance Honig, (202) 720-2127 2009 CROP YEAR IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS, USDA REPORTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, [...]

Food Safety Legislation Editorial and Update – The bad, the Ugly, the Inevitable, and the Uncertain

January 15, 2010 // 1 Comment

The following represents my personal opinion regarding the issue of food safety legislation and the many factors which surround it, and should be considered editorial. I have [...]

USDA ERS Releases Newest Agriclutural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook Report, and It’s BAD

January 11, 2010 // 0 Comments

This Report, by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) “provides [a] comprehensive overview of the financial characteristics and performance of the U.S. farm sector [...]

Dirt! The Movie, Screening January 28th in Toronto

January 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY Dirt! the movie tells the secret story of the stuff we stand stand on everyday. One teaspoon of dirt has billions of good critters that make life [...]

Washington D.C. Community Food Potluck, Sunday December 17th

January 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

Potluck and Community Circle Come join DC residents who are acting to expand availability of healthy, affordable, and sustainable food! We are hosting the first of many [...]

AP: Job Prospects Drawing Students to Agriculture Schools

December 21, 2009 // 3 Comments

Job prospects drawing students to ag schools By DAVID MERCER (AP) – Nov 17, 2009 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine [...]

Article: Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: 1996-2008, By Phil Howard

December 14, 2009 // 11 Comments

Part II in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part I HERE; Part [...]

AP Report: Secret documents detail Monsanto’s seed business domination amid antitrust fears

December 13, 2009 // 5 Comments

Part I in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part II HERE; See [...]

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