A Farm Bill Primer: Getting Ready for 2012
The following is a nice short piece from Simple, Good, and Tasty with some useful links for introducing folks to the farm bill. Everyone interested in food and farming has a [...]
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What’s Behind the Honeybee Decline? Perhaps Not What You’ve Heard (New York Times) By JAMES MCWILLIAMS Biofuel Mandates Will Stress Scarce Corn, Oilseed Stocks (DTN) by [...]
Job: Washington, DC Representative, Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific [...]
Texas Farm & Food Leadership Conference
Come join an exciting gathering of farmers, consumer, and nonprofit activists at the 4th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference, in Austin, Texas on September 13-14, [...]
Farm Bill Workshop in Seattle, August 8th
Community Farm Bill Workshop & Kick-off the formation of the Seattle Farm Bill Action Group! Sunday August 8, 4-6:30 pm, followed by a potluck See attached flier & [...]
Weekly Sustainable Agricultural Policy Update July 12th
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: NSAC seeks a Policy Associate to advocate before Congress and federal agencies, particularly [...]
Sustainable Agriculture Policy Roundup June 29th – July 2nd
Weekly Policy Roundup from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS 07/02/10 Say It Ain’t So Mr. Secretary! One day. Two House of [...]
Vilsack: Farm Bill Should Emphasize Beginning Farmers
Article from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) posted at https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/vilsack-beginning-farmers “A funny thing happened [...]
Article: Don’t blame farmers for the farm-subsidy mess
By Tom Philpott; Published on Grist Agricultural and food products are not like other commodities. Their price is that of life, and below a certain threshold, that of death. [...]
USDA Helps Retiring Farmers Transition their Land to Beginning Farmers in New Farm Bill Program
USDA Press Release No. 0265.10 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, May 14, 2010 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today [...]
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