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Agricultural Policy

Saving the Earth, Saving Tax Dollars: The Case for Conservation Compliance

Larry Schweiger | Posted 05.01.2013 | Green
Read More: Environment, Green, Farm Policy, Conservation Compliance, Farm Bill, Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Green News
Larry Schweiger

As it restructures America's farm programs, Congress should act to require conservation compliance for anybody receiving government-subsidized crop insurance. It's simply a matter of common sense.

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Pure Food, Pure Love

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 12.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Whole Foods, Andrew Zimmern, sponsorKIDS Charities, Sweet Beginnings, Chef Bill Kim, Island Grown, Building a Healthier Chicago, National School Lunch Program, Animal Welfare, Common Core Standards, National Food Day, Red Meat Market, Bizarre Foods, Farmers Markets, Miami-Dade Schools, Food Day, Coral Gables, Farm to School, Chicago-Meat-Markets, Hunger, Education, After-School Programs, Babson College, Nutrition, Agricultural Policy, Mother Earth, Common Threads, Sustainability, Temple Grandin, Bizarre Foods America, Canudigit, Food Day 2012, Home News
Linda Novick O'Keefe

Happy Food Day! Today we might take a wakeful moment to give thanks to Mother Earth for nourishing us and our families over the centuries. It is a great day to consider what we put into our bodies and to take particular notice of the beautiful domino effect of supporting local food systems.

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Senate Bill Creates Unlikely Divide

Posted 06.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Farm Bill, Congress, Video, Food Stamps, Farm Bill Vote, Snap, Ag, Agricultural Policy, Politics News

By JIM ABRAMS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — For once, it's not Democrats battling Republicans. The five-year farm and food stamps bill now b...

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Working Kids... to Disability and Death

Bruce Lesley | Posted 07.04.2012 | Impact
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 06.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 Farm Bill, Farms, Farm Bill, Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Home 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 05.28.2012 | Green
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 | Green
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 | Impact
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 | Politics
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 | Religion
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 | Business
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 | Green
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 | Politics
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 | Green
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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