Sustainable Agriculture

Congressional News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition – July 4-8, 2011 House Agriculture Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Conservation Programs: On [...]

An internationally certified Permaculture Design Certificate Course will be held in Ashfield, Massachusetts 1 weekend/month (5 sessions) from July 2011 through November 2011. [...]

The request for proposals for the 4th annual Young Farmers Conference is now available. The proposal period ends on August 12. Follow this link for more info and to apply: [...]

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS – Sustainable Agriculture Update Senate Democrats Unveil Budget Next Week: On Wednesday, June 29, Senate Budget Committee chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) [...]

USDA 2011 Acreage Numbers Have Surprises – full story at farmgateblog.com EXCERPT: USDA surprised the market Thursday morning by projecting 92.3 million acres were [...]

CONGRESSIONAL FARM POLICY NEWS From The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. Week of June 20-24, 2011 Coalitions Send Letters to President, Congressional Leadership [...]

It’s time to implement rules that help to assure fair market protections for livestock and poultry farmers. Please tell the President that we have waited long enough for [...]

The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) Needs Alternative Funding Sources to Continue Providing it’s Invaluable Information Services. ATTRA is [...]

Register for Growing Food and Justice for All Gathering 2011 – EARLY BIRD RATES AVAILABLE https://gfjigathering.eventbrite.com September 9th to 11th, 2011   —   [...]

This story was written by Wendy Peters*, a friend of Steve Riddle. It is a follow up to his farming story ‘Whisper Cussing’ about a cow (Iris) that kept getting [...]