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...and yeah, it probably won't create any new ones either. "And above all, the government needs to stop regulating genetic modifications for which there is no scientifically credible evidence of […]

The Real Food Challenge (RFC) is partnering with the Center for Science in the Public Interest to plan the first ever Food Day happening across the nation on October 24th. RFC is specifically […]

According to USDA Ag census 1999 40 percent of farmland owners are 70 years or older. 1 percent of farmland owners are 35 and younger. today it is worse. I'm […]

Localize This! August 14-21, 2011 - Register TODAY! Join Activists & Organizers from Across the US for a Training That Will Transform Your Activism Attend all or part, but register […]

Vermont is a leader in the successful movement that links families with the farmers who grow their food. Using Vermont successes as a model, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to […]

  Afghanistan’s Last Locavores By PATRICIA McARDLE MANY urban Americans idealize “green living” and “slow food.” But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is […]

rabble is rising in my veins. can everyone please call again call again let them know its crazy/ sev From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: The agriculture appropriations bill the House […]

We love these guys, and what a great idea! Let's help make it happen. Farmstead Meatsmith, an animal processing business on Vashon Island, WA is campaigning to fund a series of […]

A Facebook page wants to help. Understanding the Farm Bill The support for local farmers, fresh and healthy food, gardening, and farmers markets has reached new levels of enthusiasm. That […]

pay heed. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/05/03/us/FLOOD.html?ref=mississippiriver these are profound images of agriculture being forced to absorb the overrun of the missisippi. Paving, channelling, developing wetlands. over tiling, distrurbing hydrology, climate change. The waters […]

Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15 WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency […]

Did you see The Colbert Report the other night? If you missed it, Stephen Colbert had on Tom Ridge, the former Homeland Security chief who is now getting paid as […]

From National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Yesterday afternoon, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee adopted a government funding bill that if passed would turn back decades of progress to achieve a more […]

The South Central Farm/ers: The Dream Reborn The Los Angeles Times editorial board recently announced its support for restoring the South Central Farm (see below), once a fourteen-acre miracle of […]

I may be a cloudy eyed springtime mud hopper, but these sharky speculators pushing buttons on wall street with our nation's food supply get me all riled up and FURIOUS. […]

On January 17, internationally recognized plant pathologist Dr. Don Huber, wrote a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack warning of the discovery of a new pathogen and a possible link […]

Glynwood is calling for nominations for its annual Harvest Awards. In its ninth year, the Harvest Awards recognize farmers, entrepreneurs, organizations, and businesses across the United States that demonstrate innovation […]

Here's a great article passed on to us by greenhorn Emma Young. The Savory Institute: Healing the World’s Grasslands, Rangelands and Savannas This is the first of a two-part interview […]

HOW YOU CAN STAND BETWEEN EXXON MOBIL AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER WHAT'S HAPPENING The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the federal/state agency that regulates […]

"Our Food, Our Right" is a publication of the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) based in Seattle, WA. The publication combines hands-on tools for […]

lets watch and see how this goes. so far I'm deeply skeptical http://www.foodandagpolicy.org/

maybe. but let's be wary. "This week, Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and the chairman of the House Budget Committee, told reporters, “We shouldn’t be giving corporate farms, these large […]

Moms Across America Uniting to Preserve Effectiveness of Antibiotics Poll of 800+ Moms Shows More than Three Out of Four Concerned about Use of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production, Support […]

Many of you know Essex Market as the home of Saxelby Cheesemongers, the little stand run by our friend Anne Saxelby and featured in The Greenhorns film.  Here's a note […]

In Michigan you have a unique opportunity to influence the Farm Bill's potential to support organic agriculture because the Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee is your own Senator Debbie […]

here, a few states are passing laws to prevent media from penetrating factory farms http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/opinion/27wed3.html?_r=1&ref=editorials

Don’t Bank On It – the product of a collaborative effort between Farm Aid, Food & Water Watch, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) and the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA). As […]

While agri-players, including some organic ones, look to play at the carbon table... via campesina has made a different decision. Useful to know about. La Via Campesina opposes the inclusion […]

Vilsack seeks biotech/organic co-existence, not a USDA-dictated solution By Jon H. Harsch © Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, April 6 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told organic producers Wednesday that […]

Young farmers want pre-nups The Irish Farmers' Association has written to the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter asking that pre-nuptial agreements be given legal status and be taken into account […]

Cut Spending – But Not My Farm Subsidies! by Chris Campbell, Amber Hanna and Don Carr That some members of Congress are farmers is hardly new. Many of the Founding […]

Through mid-April, the EPA is taking comments on methyl iodide, an extremely toxic pesticide used by the conventional strawberry industry, as they reconsider its approval. Make your voice heard and […]

As the daughter of WAND ( women's action for nuclear disarmament) c0- founder, I walked up the stairs of the basement every day to see this image: My mother and […]

The text reads "There once was a farm..." and "...that became an airport" You don't really get an impression they have any regrets about that decision, do you? Photo sent […]

...as economic driver for region in peril Just an interesting "small" story with big impact. From our friend Clare: If Sullivan and Delaware Counties do not jump on this, the […]

Farmer Labor Tractorcade – Sat. March 12th 12:00 Noon Madison, WI Next week, farmers from across the dairyland will bring tractors and solidarity to the WI capitol to fight for […]

Clinton warns of biofuel impact on poor by Philip Brasher Former President Bill Clinton sounded a warning today on the impact that biofuels can have on global food prices and […]

Can we conduct a thought experiment together? http://newdeal.feri.org/wallace/haw06.htm Back in the times-- the government worked to protect growers from cheapening prices. IN this case in Cotton. Very bold maneuvers taken. […]

pretty dinky effort to ' reframe the conversation' using happy mommies. come on corn association, soy bean association. put a bird on it