Article: Do you have the balls to really change the food system?
Grist Article by Rebecca Thistlewaite Excerpt: “You’re no better or different than the average American. You pat yourself on the back, you brag about your lunch [...]
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Article- Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the U.S. Food System
From the USDA Publication Amber Waves: Excerpt: In 2007, the U.S. food system accounted for almost 16 percent of the Nation’s energy budget, up from 14 percent in 2002 [...]
Article: What’s the value of home-grown food?
Rob Baedeker, Special to SF Gate Excerpt: “While my garden has so far been unprofitable, at least in financial terms, there are apparently people out there — even [...]
Bloomberg: Broadband Trumps Farmer Payments in Rural Aid
Excerpt: “Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack knows that Farm Belt protocol requires paying respect to the Butter Cow. During a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 17, he [...]
Washington Post: Ms. Lincoln, in the Tall Cotton
Excerpt: “WHEN LAST WE checked on U.S. agricultural policy, the Obama administration was paying Brazil $147.3 million to settle its international trade lawsuit over [...]
Article on USDA v. FDA in Food Safety Legislation
Why it matters that the FDA is beating USDA for control of food system (Grist) by David Gumpert Excerpt: “Small-scale food producers and farmers have been vocal about [...]
Article: Export Boom Helps Farms
By LOUIS UCHITELLE, New York Times “Exports are the bright spot this year in an otherwise bleak economy. But the world is not suddenly snapping up made-in-America goods [...]
Nice NYT Article on Joan Dye Gussow
Out of the Loss of a Garden, Another Life Lesson Five months after a storm sent the Hudson surging over the garden of Joan Dye Gussow, the plot reflects changes she had long [...]
NYT Article: Farmers Lean to Truce on Animals’ Close Quarters
By ERIK ECKHOLM “WEST MANSFIELD, Ohio — Concessions by farmers in this state to sharply restrict the close confinement of hens, hogs and veal calves are the latest sign [...]
Article: Putting Down Roots and Raising Hopes
(Free-Press-Release.com) July 14, 2010 — New Leaf, a new horticulture and job skills program is designed specifically for recovering addicts who have been homeless for [...]
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