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It's June, there are more things to be done than can ever be finished, and the Senate is taking critical votes that will affect our farms for the next 5 […]

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" […]

Greenhorns has just signed on to this important new alliance, NY GRASS, (GrassRoots Alliance to Save our State) to fight for an ABSOLUTE BAN on fracking, and all its related activities. […]

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 […]

Volunteers across California are making history. On May 2nd, the California Right to Know campaign turned in nearly 1 million signatures to place a ballot initiative to label GMOs on the November […]

Save the date: July 2 – 14, 2012 TIME TO REGISTER NOW! DETROIT 2012: Re-Imagine the World, Transform Ourselves & Fight for the Future… The old economy is failing. A […]

What's stopping you? The current draft is up for debate today. Here are some resources: http://farmbillprimer.org/maps/ http://www.farmbillfacts.org/ http://sustainableagriculture.net/category/2012-farm-bill/ http://agriculture.house.gov/farmbill_feedback.html Call the senators at the Capitol at (202)224-3121 Senate Ag Committee […]

San Francisco Chronicle: Activists raise stakes with renegade farm BerkeleySide: UC Berkeley calls for peaceful end to Occupy the Farm ElCerrito Patch: UC Threatens Gill Tract Occupiers With Arrest, Fines […]

"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 […]

“High premium subsidies have hurt small and beginning farmers because the subsidies themselves have distorted the market,” Mr. Coburn said.  “For instance, high subsidies have artificially increased the value of […]

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 […]

more work by FERN. New Report Highlights Ubiquity of Controversial Chemicals in Food System Emerging Science Reveals Chemicals From Myriad Sources Show Up in Food and May Be Harmful at […]

Over 1000, 1-percenters are meeting at Waldorf Astoria (April 23-25), for a major farmland investment event  that will decide the fate of millions of Africans. Dubbed as “the next big […]

By Tom Philpott Tue Apr. 10, 2012 from Mother Jones The farm bill—that vast, byzantine, twice-a-decade plan for federal food, ag, and hunger policy—expires on Sept. 30, just weeks before what promises […]

Death knell may sound for Canada's GMO pigs Mon Apr 2, 2012 By Rod Nickel, from Reuters Canada:   http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCABRE83110320120402 WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Pigs that might have become the world's first genetically […]

Official: US needs more young farmers, ranchers By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic of sorts sweeping […]

In Search of Common Ground Monday, April 16th from 9-4, on Lundberg Family Farms, a state-wide event/conversation will be launched in hopes of starting and achieving a 'paradigm shift' in addressing […]

 an exhibit, a book, an ipad app.  About the explosion of community spirit, institution building, and autonomous-thinking that characterized the free speech movement, and beyond.  http://museumca.org/exhibit/all-us-or-none-social-justice-posters-san-francisco-bay-area More images HERE The […]

The Just Label It (JLI) Campaign announced today (March 27) that a record-breaking one million Americans have called on the FDA to label genetically engineered foods. Today, March 27, is the […]

Here is a letter from Monte & Laura Bledsoe of Quail Hollow Farm to their dinner guests after a "health department inspection" and crackdown on their farm last fall.  Dearest […]

the press release is great - how was the action?  If you were there we'd love tohear from you - send testimonials and photos to [email protected] Occupy-Monsanto to Wear Bio-Hazmat Suits […]

but then there are these lovely campaigners, who are championing it. On June 22, U.N. delegates from around the world will gather in Rio at the Earth Summit to define […]

If you are in the district of one of these folks-- AR: Rep. Crawford, Sen. Boozman IL:  Rep. Johnson IN: Rep. Stutzman IA: Sen. Grassley ME: Sen. Snowe, Sen. Collins MT: Sen. Baucus NE: Sen. […]

You'll never guess! Interesting story/podcast from NPR's Planet Money.

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9ZEfvrgB78E] The Boston Tree Party is an urban agriculture project, a performative re-imagining of  American political expression, and a participatory public art project.  At its core, the Party is a diverse […]

The next three weeks are critical to the national Just Label It campaign for genetically engineered (GE) food labeling and here is an update: With only three weeks left until March 27, when […]

Judge Sides With Monsanto: Ridicules Farmers’ Right to Grow Food Without Fear, Contamination and Economic Harm By Jane Ayers On February 24, Judge Naomi Buchwald handed down her ruling on […]

http://labelityourself.wordpress.com/ The Label It Yourself (#LIY) campaign empowers people to make educated decisions about what is in their food, without waiting for government or corporations to do it for them.

Here is an incredible opportunity to speak your mind about the 2012 Farm Bill.  The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has scheduled only 4 field hearings to sit […]

It's called Farm Policy.  To subscribe, send an email to: [email protected].  Here's their latest: Ag Economy (USDA Outlook Forum); Farm Bill; Regulations; and Political Notes Posted By Keith Good On February 24, […]

Do you own a fruit tree or arbor in Cambridge and Somerville and don't want to harvest all the fruit yourself? The League of Urban Canners (LUrC) will remove your unwanted fruit, can […]

do we dare to hope for a guilty verdict here? Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France French farmer Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling Monsanto's […]

We can't say enough about the importance of this California ballot initiative to label GMOs. Educate yourself!  The Committee for the Right to Know has developed an excellent website: labelgmos.org complete with […]

Occupy our Food Supply - February 27th. An unprecedented alliance of sustainable agriculture advocates and food justice networks, including over 60 Occupy Wall Street groups as well as environmental and corporate accountability organizations […]

Join the Food Law Society as we present a debate covering the legal, health, and nutritional merits of raw milk. The participants are: Fred Pritzker, Pritzker & Olson Law Firm […]

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWtxqtRyDoA&feature=youtu.be] Peteh Muhammad Haroon, affectionally known as Brotha’ P is an inspirational Spoken Word Performance and recording artist and native of New Orleans, LA.  Brotha’ P has been performing his unique […]

RSVP to attend A Citizen’s Assembly of Support for Family Farmers vs. Monsanto - January 31, 2012  On January 31, family farmers will take part in the first phase of […]

FOODCORPS RECRUITMENT BEGINS! FoodCorps Opens Applications for its Next Class of School Food Changemakers http://foodcorps.org/become-a-service-member New York, NY - January 10, 2012- Today, FoodCorps, a national organization that addresses childhood obesity […]

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