Agricultural Policy

Working Kids... to Disability and Death

Bruce Lesley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Dolores Huerta, Agribusiness, Workplace Safety, Child Labor Laws, Farming, CARE Act, Labor Laws, Agricultural Policy, Impact News
Bruce Lesley

According to a report in the Journal of Pediatrics, approximately 26,650 youth are injured on farms every year. Of these injuries, more than 3,700 require hospitalization. Now, passing the CARE Act is even more important.

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Four Ways The Farm Bill Can Make You Crazy

Dan Imhoff | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 Farm Bill, Farms, Farm Bill, Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Food News
Dan Imhoff

A rational, coherent blueprint for a healthy national food supply might be too much to ask. But after years of studying the Farm Bill, I'd be thrilled to see a dent made in four of its most glaring conflicts of purpose.

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Eco Etiquette: What Would Health Care Repeal Mean For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Pill Pollution, Insurance Companies, Supreme Court Health Care Reform, Green News, Preventive Care, Green Living, Medical Waste, Overpopulation, Agricultural Policy, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Green Politics, Obamacare, Obama Health Care Reform, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. What's the Green stance o...

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Can We Change Where Our Food Comes From?

The New York Times | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Farm Bill, Local Food, Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, Food, Farm Subsidies, u.s. Farming, Industrial Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Green News

I’m not a jingoist, but I’d prefer that more of my food came from America. It’d be even better, really, if most of it came from within a few hun...

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World Food Prize Recognizes Leadership in Agriculture, but More Policy Support Is Needed to Feed the World's Hungry

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Borlaug International Symposium, Zero Hunger Program, Hunger, World Food Prize, Ghana, Agricultural Policy, Malnutrition, John Agyekum Kufuor, John Ruan, Brazil, Luiz inácio Lula Da Silva, Poverty Alleviation, Impact News
Danielle Nierenberg

Policymakers around the world need to step up their efforts to combat hunger, malnutrition, and poverty by providing greater support for agriculture.

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Farm Subsidies: A Useful Sacrifice in the Budget Debate

Patrick Sharma | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Agribusiness, Farm Subsidies, Federal Deficit, Budget, Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, Politics News
Patrick Sharma

Since being introduced to help cope with the Great Depression, farm subsidies have devolved into a hodgepodge of price supports, direct payments, insurance programs, tax loopholes and low-interest loans for wealthy farmers and agribusiness.

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What Bill Clinton's Mea Culpa Should Mean

Ruth Messinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Passover, Hunger, Poverty, Trade Barriers, Agricultural Policy, Free Trade, Food Policy, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Rebuild, Food Politics, Religion News
Ruth Messinger

President Bill Clinton said at a recent Senate hearing that he regrets the impact in Haiti of the free trade policies that became a hallmark of his presidency.

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Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: G8, Trade Missions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Agribusiness, World Food Programme, UN Office for Partnerships, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Usaid, World Economic Forum, Fao, State Universities, Land Grant Colleges, Business News
Dan Silverstein

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

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Of California, Fairgrounds and Things I Can't Afford to Buy Given the Current Budget Situation

Rose Hayden-Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Department of Food and Agriculture, Progressive Era, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ventura County, Agricultural Policy, California, Green News
Rose Hayden-Smith

Talk about selling fairgrounds? If we value the future of agriculture in California, this is not a dare any of us should be willing to take.

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What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America

Thomas Dobbs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Policy, Economic Recovery, Green Infrastructure, New Deal, Economy, Rural Development, Agricultural Policy, Politics News
Thomas Dobbs

In building 'green' infrastructure, Obama should abandon the misguided federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol and focus on infrastructure for renewable energy sources.

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To Trim Government Fat (and Fix Food Production), Look No Further Than Our Bloated Farm Policy

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Government Waste, Farm Bills, Agriculture, Farmers, Agricultural Policy, Food, Sustainability, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

You don't need to be a Michael Pollan devotee to appreciate how thoroughly dysfunctional our agricultural policy is.

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