Small Farmers

G8 Summit: Putting Food on the Table Through Investing in Small Farmers

Andrea Riccardi | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Small Farms, Small Farmers, Africa Hunger, G8 Summit, Africa Poverty, Africa Famine, G8, Africa, Impact News
Andrea Riccardi

Recognizing small farmers and their organizations as primary stakeholders in development means more than paying lip service to them in global meetings.

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A Motherhood Worth Honoring

Brooke Edwards | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Eggs, Women, Hunger, Chickens, Poverty, Mother's Day 2012, Mother's Day, Africa, Heifer International, Motherhood, Small Farmers, Tanzania, Global Motherhood, Income, Mothers, Family, Maternal Health, Video, Impact News
Brooke Edwards

2012-05-11-Screenshot20120511at11.23.30AM.jpgThere are millions of passionate and capable mothers around the world who, if given the opportunity and resources, will improve the lives of their children.

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Winter Greenhouse Farming

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Cauliflower, Cherries, Farmers Markets, Winter Crops, Small Farmers, Greenhouse, Winter Farmers Markets, Winter Farming, Video, Food News
Rebecca Gerendasy

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Lambing Season on the Farm (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Eating Lamb, Small Farmers, Susan Wilson, Lambing Season, Sheep, Bummer Lambs, Wool, Lambs, Video, SuDan Farm, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Spring is lambing season, and so we wanted to visit a farm that specializes in raising lambs. SuDan Farm, located in Canby, Oregon, does just that; it raises lambs for meat, breeding stock and for value-added wool products.

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Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply

Willie Nelson | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Big Food, Factory Farming, Jbs, Tyson Foods, Farmers, Cargill, Occupy BIg Food, Factory Farms, Small Farmers, Occupy Food, Monsanto, Food News
Willie Nelson

When our food is at risk we are all at risk. Over the last thirty years, we have witnessed a massive consolidation of our food system, leading to the loss of millions of family farmers, the destruction of soil fertility, the pollution of our water, and health epidemics.

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Celebrate Food Day by Telling Congress to Support Local Food

Elliott Negin | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Small Farmers, Local Food, Organic Food, Local Farmers, Farmers Markets, Food Politics, Food, Food News
Elliott Negin

It's one thing for the USDA to tell Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables, but quite another to ensure that federal agriculture policy encourages farmers to grow more.

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Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Women Farmers, Sustainable Food System, Sustainable Food, Farmer Jane, Responsible Farming, Female Farmers, Small Farmers, Sustainable Farming, Family Farms, Books We Love, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

2011-09-14-womenfarmers.jpgThe 30 women profiled in this book share a common vision for what constitutes a sustainable food system.

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Answering the Challenge for Small Farmers

Bill Gates | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Farming, Foreign Aid, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Global Development, Hunger, Agriculture, Small Farmers, Impact News
Bill Gates

The vast majority of the poorest people in the world get their food and income from farming small plots of land. Helping these farming families grow and sell more helps them become self-sufficient and build better lives.

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No Excuse

Angelique Kidjo | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Global Hunger, Hunger, Child Hunger, World Hunger, Small Farmers, Farmers, World News
Angelique Kidjo

Our global food system is broken. Sure, the supermarket shelves in some countries are piled high with affordable foods from around the globe. But take a closer look and it's not hard to see the cracks in the system.

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Small Farmers Are the Answer

Bill Gates | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Farming, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hunger, Poverty, Global Development, Agriculture, Bill Gates, Small Farmers, Global Poverty, Impact News
Bill Gates

Many people don't realize it, but most of the world's poorest people are small farmers, and they can play an important role in cutting hunger and poverty.

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Onward Corporate Food Crusaders!

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Usaid, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Food Crisis, Davos, Food Crisis, Davos 2011, Agribusiness, Small Farmers, Food News
Eric Holt Gimenez

Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the business leaders of the global corporate food regime announced a new Corporate Food Crusade to empower small farmers and entrepreneurs.

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One Big Store

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Krotz, Small Farmers, Berryville Arkansas, Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, Berryville, Michelle Obama, One Big Store, Bill Simon, Food News
Daniel Krotz

Michelle Obama and Bill Simon, Wal-Mart's president and CEO, met last week. Does the first lady not realize that One Big Store is as sure a destroyer of culture as is One Big Government?

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A Small Farmer's Viewpoint to the Tester Amendment (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Large Corporate Farms, Tester Amendment, Midsize Farmer, s510, Food Safety, Small Farmers, Food Safety Modernization Act, Food Safety Bill, Anthony Boutard, Food News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Midsized farms may ultimately bear the full brunt of the Food Safety bill. But to what extent have the food contamination scares in recent years been traceable to them?

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 10

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Gribusiness, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/30 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Rude Awakening

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

There's overwhelming evidence showing that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are unsafe. And there are plenty of sources for non-GMO corn.

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PLU Codes Do Not Indicate Genetically Modified Produce

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Small Farmers, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Usda, Vilsack, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Syngenta, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, GE Crops, Smart Shopping, Food News
Jeffrey Smith

No, the 5-digit PLU codes on produce do not tell you what is genetically modified or natural. These numbers, organized by the Produce Marketing Association, have nothing to do with you.

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Vilsack Mistakenly Pitched "GMOs-Feed-the-World" to an Audience of Experts--Oops

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Hans Herren, Ge, Secretary Vilsack, Iaastd, Bill Gates, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, GM Food, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Global Population, Usda, Dupont, Monsanto, Biotechnology, Hunger, World Food Prize, Union of Concerned Scientists, GE Food, Local Food Systems, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Feed the World, Syngenta, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Gmos, Vilsack, Genetically Modified Foods, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

It is clear to the experts that the current generation of GMOs do not live up to the hype continuously broadcast by biotech companies and their promotional East Coast wing--the federal government.

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Hope on a Hillside: Helping Small Farmers Help Themselves

Sylvia Mathews Burwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Small Farmers, Global Poverty, Farmers, Food Security, Agriculture, Impact News
Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.

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Store-Openings and Surprises on The Fabulous Beekman Boys Season Finale

James Frey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality Television, Farming, Reality TV, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Small Farmers, Beekman 1802, Discovery Planet Green, Planet Green, Green News
James Frey

On episode 10 of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Brent goes to open a soap shop across the street from his soapmaker's soap shop. He goes to talk to her about it. It looks like it is going to go poorly.

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Better Farms, Improved Lives

Bill Gates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Global Development, Progress, Poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Small Farmers, Asia, Impact, Impact News
Bill Gates

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, six nonprofit organizations are helping hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in Africa and Asia grow more productive, profitable, and sustainable crops.

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Babies, Recovery and No TV on The Fabulous Beekman Boys

James Frey | Posted 07.29.2010

Read More: Small Farms, Reality Television, Reality TV, Reality Show, Beekman-1802, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Small Farmers, Beekman 1802, Planet Green, Discovery Planet Green, Green News
James Frey

Looks like this episode of The Fabulous Beekman Boys is all about babies. I love babies. How can you not love a baby? Even a goat baby. This is going to be fun.

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 9

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/32 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 8

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/36 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 7

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Canola, Soybeans, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/39 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 6

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/43 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people ...

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