Water and Food Supply Roundtable (CA) Releases Recommendations
On June 22, the California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply (CRWFS) released a set of recommendations to shift thinking and spur action to balance the water needs of both [...]
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Farming Issues – Ethanol Subsidy, Next Generation, Farm Payments
The following articles are recommend reading on farming issues including information on the future of the ethanol subsidy, next generation farmers, continuation of farm [...]
Beginning Farmer Initiatives in Federal Agriculture Policy
This press release is about the D.C ‘beginning farmer fly in’ that beginningfarmers.org helped to sponsor. CONTACT: Adam Warthesen or Anna Cioffi, LSP organizers, [...]
USDA Official Meets With Producers in Flood-Damaged Areas of Iowa
USDA Official Meets With Producers in Flood-Damaged Areas of Iowa USDA Farm and Foreign Service (FFAS) Acting Deputy Under Secretary Karis Gutter traveled to Iowa today to [...]
Recommended Farming Articles – June 21, 2011
The following are recommended farming articles for June 21, 2011 from Beginning Farmers. Click on the titles to read full articles Crop Insurance Gap – 3: Tiling, Cover [...]
Sustainable Agriculture News for the Week of May 9-13 2011
NSAC Joins 160 Organizations to Urge Release of Report on Antitrust - Regulatory Enforcement Workshops...Deadline to Apply for FY 2011 Organic Inititative Support Next Week [...]
Agriculture Policy News, April 18-22, 2011
Here is this week’s installment of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s Weekly News Roundup: CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Congressional Bioenergy Briefing: [...]
Agriculture Field Hearing on Farm Bill Rescheduled in Michigan
The following notice was sent from Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. It announces the [...]
USDA Livestock Marketing Competition Rule Gets Broad Support
Despite a tepid response from the Senate Agriculture Committee, and actual hostility in the House, 141 agriculture organizations (see list below) signed a letter in support [...]
Agriculture Stories You Just Have to Hear
Ranchers struggle against giant meatpackers and economic troubles (by Stephanie Ogburn – Grist) EXCERPT: The rise of the meatpackers began in the 1880s — an era, [...]
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