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Funding Programs for Farmers & Researchers: Organic, Conservation

December 7, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) USDA Releases FY11 Request for Applications for Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative NRCS Issues [...]

Interesting Editorial on Impending Farm Subsidy Cuts

December 6, 2010 // 0 Comments

Letter From the Editor: The Shrinking Farm Safety Net (DTN Progressive Farmer) by Urban C. Lehner EXCERPT: Now that the Republicans are taking over the House and promising to [...]

Child Nutrition Reauthorization Passes with Farm to School

December 6, 2010 // 1 Comment

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) On Thursday, December 2, the US House of Representatives passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act by a vote of 264 [...]

Download Sustainable Agriculture Articles Free Online

December 5, 2010 // 1 Comment

In 2008, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences published 2 “Sustainable Agriculture” theme issues. PDFs of all the articles are [...]

Food & Farm Policy Updates (NSAC): Pigford II, Healthy Food

December 5, 2010 // 1 Comment

House Approves Funding for Pigford II Settlement On Tuesday, November 30, the House of Representatives passed the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, which authorizes nearly $4.6 [...]

Duel Over Sugar Beet Seeds Could Create Shortage (New York Times)

December 3, 2010 // 0 Comments

by WILLIAM NEUMAN and ANDREW POLLACK EXCERPT: Unless regulators can devise new rules acceptable to the federal court, the rulings could force farmers to abandon the [...]

Kevin Wolfe’s Farm Tales Part 2: ‘The Day We Beat the Heat’

December 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

Another great story from Kevin Wolfe about his family’s experience starting their farm/homestead. We would like to make these kinds of stories regular features on [...]

New USDA ERS Publication on Local Food, Rural Development

December 1, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC): USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) has released the December issue of its quarterly publication, Amber [...]

Michael Pollan Supports Food Safety Bill with Tester Amendment

November 30, 2010 // 0 Comments

Interview: Michael Pollan on the food safety bill (From Ezra Klein’s Blog) EXCERPT – Michael Pollan: It’s very interesting that the consumer groups and the [...]