Southern SARE Sustainable Community Innovation Grants Calls for Proposals Now Open: Application deadline is Oct. 1, 2012 The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & [...]
The 5th National Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) conference is being hosted at Oregon State University September 9th and 10th, 2012. Convened in the [...]
20th National Small Farm Trade Show & Conference Features Farmers, Ranchers and More, 2012 Celebrate the 20th anniversary the largest annual small farm trade show in [...]
NFU: Disaster Relief Not a Replacement for Comprehensive Farm Bill WASHINGTON (August 1, 2012) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following [...]
Update on farm bill 2012 progress relevant to beginning farmers from our friends at the Land Stewardship Project. As you know the U.S. House Ag Committee finished farm bill [...]
The 2012 farm bill (now being called the “food, farm, and jobs bill”) was passed out of the house Agriculture Committee early Thursday morning. There were a [...]
On July 5, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Peterson (D-MN) released their draft farm bill ahead of the House Agriculture Committee’s [...]
The US Senate passed their 2008 farm bill this week by a vote of 64-35. The Legislation includes some very important amendments that have been strongly supported by [...]
The 2012 farm bill is still moving forward in the Senate, but not as fast as the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry had hoped. Leaders of this Committee [...]