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New Legislation: Farmer Privacy Versus Public Knowlege About Food Sources

March 17, 2011 // 0 Comments

By Taylor Reid A couple of days ago I published a guest post by Chris Peterson that mentioned a proposed Bill in Florida banning video or photographs of farming activities [...]

Japan Radioactivity Could Enter the Food Chain

March 15, 2011 // 0 Comments

Article Published March 15, 2011 | By Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters EXCERPT: Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan’s earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may [...]

Agrarian Author Wendell Berry Honored at White House

March 10, 2011 // 1 Comment

Congratulations to one of my personal heroes, and one of the country’s greatest agrarian writers. From the Courier Journal – March 2, 2011 EXCERPT: Kentucky author [...]

UN Report: Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years

March 9, 2011 // 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA, 8 March 2011 – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN [...]

Organic & Sustainable Research: No Till, Weed Cotrol, Cover Crops

March 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

Conducted by Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) at the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) by Dale R. Mutch, Ph.D. Senior District Extension Educator and Extension [...]

Court Reverses Order to Destroy Monsanto GMO Sugar Beets

March 2, 2011 // 0 Comments

Bloomberg Media reported last week that the U.S. Agriculture Department has won the reversal of the order by a Federal Judge last November to destroy all sugar beet seedlings [...]

USDA to Resolve Hispanic, Women Farmer Discrimination Claims

February 25, 2011 // 0 Comments

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General West Announce Process to Resolve Discrimination Claims of Hispanic and Women Farmers Obama Administration’s [...]

Thousands Call White House to Support Fair Livestock Competition

February 23, 2011 // 0 Comments

For once, developments in Washington could make things better on the farm (by Steph Larsen – Grist) EXCERPT: Recently, White House phone lines have been ringing off the [...]

Watch Senate Agriculture Hearing: Growing America’s Economy

February 21, 2011 // 0 Comments

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing – held on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. The hearing focused on [...]

New Farms & Gardens Emerge in California High Tech Hub

February 20, 2011 // 0 Comments

Opinion: Farms should be the new new thing for Silicon Valley (By Liz Snyder and Hank Herrera; Special to the San Jose Mercury News) EXCERPT: Land is precious. It feeds us, [...]