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Episode 394: Why Taxpayers Pay For Farmers' Insurance In spite of the drought, many U.S. farmers will do just fine this year. They are, after all, covered by crop insurance […]

there are lots more Australians in our ranks. Check out this post from some Australian greenhorns: http://milkwood.net/2012/07/29/greenhorns-stickers-and-badges-and-kerchiefs-and/  

New breed of ranchers shapes a sustainable West by Todd Wilkinson for the Christian Science Monitor harlowton, mont. Zachary Jones is a saddle-hardened fifth-generation rancher even though, on the surface, […]

Monday, July 16, 2012 Colombia: Putumayo farmers build a better future by planting cocoa The ICRC supports a cocoa-farming project being spearheaded by farmers in the San Miguel region of […]

For young farmers: No land but plenty of climate change to go around by Jared Flesher, cross-posted from Grist & Edible Jersey We desperately need more young farmers in this […]

via FERN We're happy to share our latest report, on how the American Farm Bureau leads the charge against efforts to limit industrial-scale food production as the single most powerful farm […]

Meet Your Makers Vermont hackers, artists and inventors are sharing ideas — and solving problems By Megan James [07.03.12] Remember when geeks were uncool? John Cohn does. The 52-year-old IBM […]

Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized? By STEPHANIE STROM Published: July 7, 2012 ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michael J. Potter is one of the last little big men left in organic food. More […]

The Truth about GMOs Plant Pathologist Don Huber Reveals the Risks interview by Melinda Hemmelgarn for Natural Awakenings At least 70 percent of processed foods in supermarkets contain genetically modified […]

At 9:40 AM on July 7, 2012, urban farm activists re-entered the Gill Tract in Albany, CA to harvest crops planted during the 3-week occupation earlier this spring. The action […]

NY Times Editorial A Mediocre Farm Bill Published: June 24, 2012 The farm bill approved by the Senate last week makes significant changes in existing farm programs, some for the […]

npr radio+article coverage of farm hack iowa read up, tune in ! http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/1283/farmers-engineers-farm-hack-iowa/5

BY: Max Freund The Gazette / 20 June 2012 IOWA CITY — Carolyn Scherf wants to harvest her peas while lying down. On Wednesday, the Solon-based vegetable farmer and 20 […]

Dear Mr. Obama, I heard you're looking for ways to decrease the unemployment rate. Have you considered ag? Sincerely, A farmer

a thoughtful article and a survey request from Matthew Hoffman on the National Young Farmer's Coalition blog: Is there a special connection between women and sustainable agriculture? People sometimes talk […]

The Guardian - May 30, 2012 Pah, pah, pah. This is how Chinese farmers have described the dreadful sound of watermelons exploding in their fields. Last summer, the overuse of […]

Farmers to benefit from health insurance reform By AMY MORENO-SILLS For the Capital Press I love the simple pleasures of farming, from seeing a child's face light up with wonder […]

New Family Farm, bridge to a simpler past By ANDREA GRANAHAN / West County Correspondent The young farmers at New Family Farm were not born to their trade. They chose […]

First Super Weeds, Now Super Insects -- Thanks to Monsanto May 30, 2012 by Dr. Mercola A new generation of insect larvae is eating the roots of genetically engineered corn […]

What Do the World's Most Powerful Pesticide Honchos Eat for Dinner? By Tom Philpott on Wed. May 23, 2012 I've made a career of sorts writing about the "big six" […]

Op-Ed: Merrigan and O'Gorman - Lending a hand to veterans  By Kathleen Merrigan and Michael O'Gorman What would you do with $10,000? For a returning veteran, it could help launch […]

USDA at 150: Farms, food, jobs By Val Dolcini One hundred and fifty years ago, in the midst of a great Civil War, President Lincoln signed legislation to establish a […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NmELr58dxPY] SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 16, 2012) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today honors four remarkable food visionaries for their trailblazing work to make our food systems healthier […]

please do check out NPR's Farmer of the Future series, via Harvest Public Media. where you can learn about the likes of William Powers and his Darby Springs Farm near […]

This is a traveling exhibit about the young farmers of the Hudson Valley. Photos and narratives about how they succeeded. It is a hyper local WONDERFUL project that is directly […]

Will this Farm Bill do enough for young farmers? By Lindsey Lusher Shute By the time the next Farm Bill expires in five years, 125,000 American farmers will have retired. This fact […]

Where Are All The Young Farmers? Posted on 06 May 2012 by Gary Truitt Have you ever had the experience of watching a television commercial; and, when it is over, […]

Check out Occupy the Farm's website for updates and read on for some news! University of California Berkeley Professor Miguel Altieri is planting Gill Tract research crops this morning! When: […]

The question becomes: How do these luxury estates, in being re-booted, and re-vamped by philanthropies ( such as Doris Duke Foundation) provide the incubated farmers with equity, not just a […]

...among other things! Those of you who have not yet read any of her works have some good reading to look forward to  http://www.cookstr.com/users/naomi-duguid/profile + Naomi's blog !

Their Spring issue includes a special section devoted to food and food politics:   Introduction: Food and the Body Politic Sarah Leonard   Utopian Dream: A New Farm Bill Marion […]

Wendell E. Berry, noted poet, essayist, novelist, farmer, and conservationist, delivered the 41st Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, entitled “It All Turns on Affection" -- this lecture is most prestigious honor the […]

By ANDREW POLLACK Published: April 25, 2012, NYtimes.com To Jody Herr, it was a telltale sign that one of his tomato fields had been poisoned by 2,4-D, the powerful herbicide that […]

Orion's May/June issue is now on newsstands re: the new farming movement ! + read the full issue online HERE + this video on the "lexicon of sustainability"

Should Young Farmers Be Exempt From a National Draft? by Jenna Woginrich for Huffington Post I remember hearing a friend complaining about the Amish once at a dinner party, saying […]

Sugar Beet Industry's Opinion on Roundup Ready Sugar Beets and Frank Morton’s Response The pro-biotech web site “Truth About Trade & Technology” published an article written by a farmer named […]

Occupy the Farm Activists Reclaim Prime Urban Agricultural Land in SF Bay Area Albany, Calif., April 22, 2012 – Occupy the Farm, a coalition of local residents, farmers, students, researchers, […]

New Young Farmer Loan to help next generation of producers April 12, 2012 SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - April 12, 2012) - Young and beginning farmers will find it easier to start […]

"The farm bill, being debated in the Senate this month, is felt far beyond the cornfields of Iowa. It’s about what we grow, but it’s also about what we eat and […]

U.S. Senate Ag Committee on Fast Track with Farm Bill: Support for New Farmer Training & Assistance In Peril The U.S. Senate version of the 2012 Farm Bill will be introduced […]