Out of Hand: Farmers Face the Consequences of a Consolidated Seed Industry
This is Part III in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part I [...]
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Article: Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: 1996-2008, By Phil Howard
Part II in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part I HERE; Part [...]
A Speech about Small Family Farmers, Agribuisness, and Climate Change (Social Movement Politics)
Why We Left Our Farms to Come to Copenhagen Speech given by Henry Saragih, General Coordinator of Via Campesina at the opening session of Klimaforum Tuesday, 08 December, [...]
Policy Issue: Facts About Agricultural Subsidies – Are They Worth It?
The following information on farm subsidies was compiled by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Although it is a presentation of [...]
A Collection of Works by Distinguished Indian Journalist Palagummi Sainath Available in English
Palagummi Sainath is a journalist, editor, and photo-essayist whose primary focus is on rural affairs in India. Sainath was recipient of the 2006 Harry Chapin award for [...]
Listen to a Radio Interview with Gene Logsdon, Farmer, Author, and Outspoken Advocate for Family Farms and Sustainable Agriculture
In his introduction to Gene Logsdon’s book Living at Nature’s Pace: Farming and the American Dream (1994, Chelsae Green Publishing), Wendell Berry writes: [...]
Original Article: Beginning Farmers – The Current Situation, and the Need for New Research and Resources
Beginning Farmers: The Current Situation, and the Need for New Research and Resources By Taylor Reid (beginningfarmers.org’s Administrator) Over the past century, the [...]
Featured Webpage: dwell’s Interactive Map of Small Farms Across the U.S.
The online magazine dwell is developing a Map of Small Farms Across the United States “…where dirt under the fingernails and sweat on the brow mean [...]
A Good Food Manifesto for America, By Will Allen (Urban Farming Movement)
A Good Food Manifesto for America (Click Here for full Article) by Urban Farming Pioneer Will Allen from Growing Power The following are excerpts from Will Allen’s [...]
Farm Credit Cooperatives Offer Loan Options for Young, Beginning, and Small Farmers
Financial issues are an important concern for all farmers, but young, beginning, and small farmers often face unique challenges and obstacles in funding their operations. [...]
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