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Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto’s GMO Alfalfa Appeal; Consumer Comment Period on USDA Review Now Open

January 18, 2010 // 5 Comments

January 18th, from the Lincoln Journal Star Online (https://journalstar.com/business/local/article_fd692764-045a-11df-8cb9-001cc4c03286.html) The U.S. Supreme Court granted [...]

NPR Story: New Rules Laid To Help Chicken Farmers

January 18, 2010 // 1 Comment

From: https://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/11/pm-chix-house/ Listen to the story at: [...]

Wall Street Journal Article: U.S. Opens Formal Antitrust Inquiry into Monsanto’s Business Practices

January 15, 2010 // 1 Comment

U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Monsanto Antitrust Enforcers Probe Business Practices Surrounding Biotech Soybean Seed By SCOTT KILMAN And THOMAS CATAN The U.S. Justice Department [...]

USDA ANNOUNCES $11.8 MILLION FOR 19 COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS

January 13, 2010 // 1 Comment

Release No. 0010.10 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES $11.8 MILLION FOR 19 COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECTS IN RURAL [...]

It Takes a Community to Sustain a Small Farm (Great Article from Grist)

January 12, 2010 // 0 Comments

By Steph Larsen These days it seems the most popular person to be in the food system is the “local farmer.” Farmers markets are popping up everywhere, and their size and [...]

USDA ERS Releases Newest Agriclutural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook Report, and It’s BAD

January 11, 2010 // 0 Comments

This Report, by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) “provides [a] comprehensive overview of the financial characteristics and performance of the U.S. farm sector [...]

Must Read: Summary Report from the National Young Farmers Conference with Stories and Links

December 28, 2009 // 1 Comment

Michigan Represents Young Farmers at the Young Farmer Conference By Alexis Bogdanova-Hanna, Michigan Young Farmer Coalition This past August it had become clear to me: there [...]

AP Article: EPA, USDA Push Farmers to Use Coal Waste on Fields

December 22, 2009 // 1 Comment

Published on Monday, December 21, 2009 by Associated Press by Rick Callahan INDIANAPOLIS – The federal government is encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from [...]

Article – A Place of Their Own: Falling Land Prices Good News for New and Young Farmers

December 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

A Place of Their Own Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/27/2009 – 11:40am. Falling Land Prices — Good News for Young Farmers Andrew Jenner Virginia Correspondent For Full [...]

Grist Article (Tom Philpott): USDA Sustainable-Ag Czar Merrigan Hits Youtube

December 18, 2009 // 1 Comment

Check out Philpott’s short article on USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan HERE, which features the video [...]