Sustainable Agriculture

Justice Begins with Seeds Conference in California (This announcement is purely informational. Beginning Farmers has no official position on genetically modified organisms.) [...]

News Release Contact: Patrick Delaney, pdelaney@unitedfresh.org, 202-303-3400 ext. 417 Washington Public Policy Conference to Engage, Develop Family Produce Businesses [...]

First Lady, Agriculture Secretary Launch MyPlate Icon as a New Reminder to Help Consumers to Make Healthier Food Choices (For an interesting critique of this venture, read [...]

Greetings all. The following is an activism update so you know how contributions to www.beginningfarmers.org help to promote beginning farmers, small farms, and agricultural [...]

News from National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: New Food Safety Rule Threatens Small Farms Again Remember the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that passed last [...]

Farm Bill Forum in Worcester Massachusetts A Presentation & Discussion with Congressman McGovern and the Worcester Food & Active Living Policy Council The Farm Bill [...]

Please see the attached for information about and a tentative agenda for the meeting [...]

Visit ecovillages, organic farms, the nation's first biofuel station [...]

With Americans still struggling to emerge from the recession that forced millions to apply for food assistance programs, the committee slashed $2 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [...]

Farmers, ranchers and other food producers are interested in providing more of their fresh, locally grown food to Minnesota K-12 schools [...]