Vilsack Launches Showcase on ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ Website
USDA Press Release No. 0368.10 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 Online Resource will Expand National Dialogue About Economic Opportunity for Producers [...]
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USDA Announces Recovery Act Efforts Aimed at Creating Jobs, Supporting Local and Regional Food Systems
USDA Press Release No. 0365.10 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 CORVALIS, Ore., July 12, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Recovery [...]
SPIN: A New Small-Scale, Adaptable, Locally-Based Farming System
Guest Article: So What’s the Buzz on SPIN? By Roxanne Christensen Co-author, SPIN-Farming (https://www.spinfarming.com) For farming to fit into an urbanized 21st century, [...]
FAO Now Provides Free Access to all Its Agricultural Statistics
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is granting free and open access to its central data repository, FAOSTAT, the world’s largest and most [...]
Sustainable Agriculture Links
Mercola.com has lots of great links to sustainable agriculture resources on their Promoting Sustainable Agriculture Page According to Mercola: “Consumers are paying a [...]
Report: New Farmers and Alternative Markets in the Food Chain
A new report from the Metcalf Foundation (Ontario) suggests that current supply management chains do not work well for new farmers or others engaged in non-conventional forms [...]
UN Expert: Agroecological Farming Methods Being Ignored
According to an article in the June 28th issue of The Ecologist Online, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has criticized the ‘Green [...]
Sustainable Agriculture Policy Roundup June 29th – July 2nd
Weekly Policy Roundup from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS 07/02/10 Say It Ain’t So Mr. Secretary! One day. Two House of [...]
Time Magazine Article: The Grass-Fed Revolution
A recent Time Magazine article features the experiences of grass-based livestock farmers, and highlights the substantial growth in the grass-fed industry. Cows and other [...]
Vilsack: Farm Bill Should Emphasize Beginning Farmers
Article from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) posted at https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/vilsack-beginning-farmers “A funny thing happened [...]
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