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Raj Patel: Mozambique’s Food Riots Are the True Face of Global Warming AMY GOODMAN: The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, has called for an emergency meeting later this month […]

Have you been experiencing the prescense of this nasty chemical herbicide in your compost? In Washington, it is popping up in composted manure in Whatcom County, and other parts of […]

MILK NOT JAILS is a consumer campaign to mobilize NY residents to support the dairy industry and the long-term sustainability of the rural economy.  It is a political campaign to […]

MIT Global Challenge: Agricultural Processing Problem Around the world, 550 million smallholder farmers lack access to mechanized agricultural technology. Many important food staples like maize (corn) and grains (e.g., rice […]

Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington, DC, September25-27, 2010, calling for an end to the devastating practice ofmountaintop removal mining. Mountaintop removal has already destroyedover 500 of the […]

GATES FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MONSANTO Both will profit at expense of small-scale African farmers Seattle, WA – Farmers and civil society organizations around the world are outraged by the recent […]

a new campaign that  aims to educate people about the scale of food waste in the UK, and to emphasise the fact that reducing this waste is the joint responsibility […]

via the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's Blog.  Also check out a response they posted from a farmer. Vilsack: Farm Bill Should Emphasize Beginning Farmers A funny thing happened on the […]

so fill in your thoughts. organic farming research foundation is leader of the pack on farm bill reform along with sustainable ag. coalition, family farm coalition, organic coalition, land stewardship […]

Writer and wannabe farmer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is living in New Orleans for a while, partly because she’d intended to spend most of 2010 traveling in Haiti to start research on her second […]

our friend Noah clued us in to this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/colbert-immigrant-farm-wo_n_624875.html In a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come […]

Feds pledge "future farmers'" summit June 1, 2010 from country-guide.ca The federal government plans to convene a meeting this fall of young and beginning farmers with representatives from the ag […]

The Breaking Through Concrete Tour (BTC Tour) will document the American urban farm movement. Despite hundreds of farm and garden projects taking hold in major cities, the urban farm remains […]

Perhaps you've heard of this new initiative of the USDA.  Apparently some senators are not very happy about it, notably John McCain, Saxby Chamblis and Pat Roberts. Click HERE download […]

Thanks to Ezekiel for sharing about sustainable ag work in Guatemala. Semilla Nueva (New Seed) works with rural agricultural communities to introduce sustainable growing techniques.  We're a young bunch of […]

Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds Tuesday 18 May 2010, by Beverly Bell "A new earthquake" is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of […]

National Organic Action Plan Presented to USDA On April 16, Liana Hoodes and Michael Sligh were at the USDA Organic Working Group to present the National Organic Action Plan to […]

here is the thinking of our loyal reform team: and here is where you can have your say on the farmbill directly. more soon. House Ag Committee Accepting 2012 Farm Bill […]

we've been hearing from more and more young farmers in australia-- they are getting organized over there too.. and hot on the email. Farmers' voice needs to be loud and […]

Taking place on  May 20: Farmworkers’ Rights & Preserving Small Farms: A Conversation about the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act The Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act is a New York […]

From the Working Lands Alliance: contact your HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE today and urge them to vote today in support of HB5419 as amended by LCO 4811, and to co-sponsor the bill.     […]

NSAC is working with the Rural Coalition, National Family Farm Coalition and several other groups to ensure that the costs of paying for improvements to child nutrition programs and for […]

by Ewen MacAskill. guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 April 2010 Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, donated $30m (£19.5m) to a new fund to help poor farmers today in an effort to […]

Having brought the agricultural literacy of the average american up at least six notches with his articles and books: with elegant simplicity and  succint summings up , michael pollan has […]

Dear friends, The food safety bill (S 510) was supposed to go to the full Senate next week, but we were told today that the timing is being pushed back […]

  People who hear the phrase “Mountaintop Removal” have a common response:  “Mountaintop Removal? How is that possible?” And then you ask if they mean by that question – how […]

We'll start posting more about new zealand milk politics as well.  Much to be learned by example. Modern Milk by Jonathan Shaw published in Harvard Magazine The milk we drink […]

start getting educated about the regulatory surf. If we face the wave before its cresting we can duck it. Rescue Local/Organic Farming in the Food Safety Bill!   Next week, […]

March 4, 2010 Lawfirm Seeger Weiss brought home another victory against giant agro-business Premium Standard Farms, when a Missouri jury awarded $11.05 million to the 15 neighboring owners of small […]

look at the solidarity and celebration of the gathering of the herders+ nomads Jonathan Watts, from the guardian.co.uk. Thursday 25 February 2010. The United Nations has launched a $4m dollar carcass-clearing […]

Save the date: GMO Free Europe 2010, Brussels, 16-18 September 2010 6th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions in Brussels and Ghent - Call for Participation   2010 will be a […]

an amazing idea [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH2I2ZKD_98&feature=related]

the start of something! on monday Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed SB-6349, which  establishes a two-year farm intern pilot program in San Juan and Skagit  Counties. The  full text is […]

hear from hugh fearningly whittingstall about Britain's "Chicken Out!" campaign-- an appeal for free range poultry. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Vbf1ykXsY]

they're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. got a problem with that? By Jennifer Bleyer Pinched is an ongoing series about life during a […]

on Nestle's actions in the rainforests of Indonesia.  You can download the full report HERE. Nestlé uses palm oil to make a wide array of its products including Power Bar, […]

 Monday, NO Farms, NO Food! came in the top 10 out of a field of 2,500+ ideas on Change.org: No Farm No Food: Save the Land that Sustains Us. the […]

A Food Chain Radio Release from METROFARM.COM The Federal Government has admitted to discriminating against black farmers and taxpayers must now pay $1,250,000,000 to make good. These reparations lead us […]

today!  Greenhorns is going. More than ever before, we need your help to tell the Governor and state leaders why they have to invest in New York's farms, food and […]

some good news out of washington: Obama Keeps Two Factory Farm Promises - Will Hold "National Rural Summit" David Kirby, The Huffington Post March 14, 2010 The Obama Administration on […]