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Several important bills are coming right up.  Much more info available at ruralvermont.org GMO Food Labeling Bill – H.112 Tues 5/7 – House Judiciary Committee PASSED the GMO Labeling bill […]

Occupy the Farm announces Spring action When: Saturday, May 11th at noon Where: Albany City Hall - corner of San Pablo and Marin On May 11th, farmers, students and concerned […]

know what it says. Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 H.R.1727 and S.837 SUMMARY Agriculture is a vibrant sector of our nation’s economy, yet high barriers to entry […]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 01, 2013 Discrimination at USDA: Response to New York Times Susan A. Schneider Professor of Law and Director, LL.M. in Agricultural & Food Law University of Arkansas School […]

Not enough young farmers there! We must do better.

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via Little City Gardens.  A public hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.  CA greenhorns, take action! Access to land is a crucial issue for small scale farming, both urban and rural, […]

For the past year or so, a group of urban agriculture activists here in SF, has been working to push forward the idea of incentivizing urban property owners to sign […]

Join us for a Farm-Based Listening Session with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene! Saturday, April 13th, 10 AM - 12:30 PM Local Roots Farm, Duvall Share your thoughts on the Farm Bill […]

Trailer for Godfrey Reggio movie "the holy see" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duIcpOm8tyY] "The Crisis of Civilization Watch", is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil […]

Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act Into Law After Promising GMO Labeling in 2007 By Anthony Gucciardi, via NationofChange.org President Obama has signed into law the notorious Monsanto Protection Act legislation hidden inside […]

The USDA's Sustainable Food Champion Steps Down —By Tom Philpott Back in 2009, when President Obama chose Kathleen Merrigan as second in command at the US Department of Agriculture, celebration […]

"Visit a village in Rwanda and hear from small farmers telling their story of how their lives have changed since they received a title to their own plot of land." […]

America: Becoming a Land Without Farmers by Evaggelos Vallianatos published May 2, 2013 in Independent Science News The plutocratic remaking of America has a parallel in the countryside. In rural […]

New York Greenhorns, this is important! COME TO RALLY AT CITY HALL 3/19 We need you to join us on Tuesday, March 19 from 12pm to 1pm on the steps […]

Your protagonism is welcome in this sphere. Thank you for standing up. !

Your tiny state is about to take on the wrath of monsanto. Courage! Solidarity! Get out the vote! Rural Vermont - ACTION ALERT & Legislative Update Now is the time […]

The No Farms No Food Rally is less than a month away and we just got some great news! Darrel Aubertine, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture […]

Farmers and Farmworkers Unite to Save America’s Small Farmers Farm Labor Reality Tour Hits the Road to Demand Change Brewer, Maine (February 15, 2013) – The Farm Labor Reality Tour, […]

JOIN MAINE'S CITIZEN CAMPAIGN TO LABEL GMOS Help Food for Maine's Future continue the fight for GMO labeling In late 2011, an Aroostook County farmer tipped off Food for Maine's […]

NPR: Farmer's Fight with Monsanto Reaches the Supreme Court NYTimes: Farmer's Supreme Court Challenge Puts Monsanto Patents at Risk And this from The Chronicle of Higher Education: In Standing Up […]

Because that farmer is all alone out there facing a MEGA corporation with fangs. In a front page story on Saturday, the Post writes up a case that might go […]

But doesn't seem to have an interest in representing the small ag sector, or the small farm technological revolution that is going on. Lets flood them with great examples! Keep […]

finally the rules are out and announced! Micro lending we've all been lobbying for is for real! this is welcome indeed. And we hope the beginning of far more accessible […]

dear farmers everywhere, the world really, really wants to know who you are, where you are, and what you are doing-- fill out that census , let your voice be […]

We've received 80% of the pledges we need for the OCCUPY THE FARM Kickstarter campaign.   Only $6,000 more and we've reached the goal. Thank you all for your participation […]

Here is a newly compiled list of the House and Senate agriculture committees, with new members listed in italics – note that there are a particularly large number of new committee […]

Fiscal Cliff Deal A Disaster for New England Farmers Shelburne Falls, MA – January 3, 2013 New England farmers received a sour New Year’s surprise when a short-term extension of the […]

WASHINGTON, December 28, 2012—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a Notice of Intent to Renew the Charter for its Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in the […]

YOUNG FARMERS WIN IN PROPOSED FARM BILL EXTENSION Key farmer training, cost share and farm business support programs would be extended for one year in House proposal TIVOLI, NY -- […]

to demonstrate how pervasive are GMO ingredients in processed foods: Print out the labels. Slap them around. Make sure your mother is adequately informed, and rallying up her posse to […]

consider marketing them online at this new fancy treat site http://www.newyorkmouth.com/collections/all Seems like the have strong inventory of locally made products. Salves? lip gloss? Caramels?

Brought to you by the folks that spearheaded the CA Homemade Food Act ! About the California Homegrown Food Act The Sustainable Economies Law Center will soon seek a California […]

Quinoa Craze Inspires North America To Start Growing Its Own by Alastair Bland The explosion in world popularity of quinoa in the past six years has quadrupled prices at retail […]

Setting fires and spraying thousands of gallons of milk to protest unsustainable milk prices. Prices which are lower than the cost of production. Europe Milk Quota Protest: Police Sprayed With […]

http://www.labelitwa.org/read_i_522 Gotta get those signatures, don't know if you guys have posted about this yet.  Deadline is Decemeber 31 for gathering signatures if we want this to be voted on […]

No Issue in New York State has created as much controversy and public debate as hydraulic Fracturing - or Fracking. On May 15, 2012, a disparate group of N.Y. scientists, […]

via Food and Water watch: The USDA and other agencies put some things on hold during the election, but now things are starting to move quickly with the looming budget […]

NFU and Coalition Urges Congress To Pass New Farm Bill This Year WASHINGTON (Nov. 13, 2012) – National Farmers Union (NFU) and a wide-sweeping coalition of 235 agriculture organizations sent […]