archive for December 14th, 2007

Digest: Special Farm Bill outrage edition

by Guest @ Friday, December 14th, 2007.

Advocates for farm bill reform have worked for well over a year in an effort to secure meaningful payment limits on farm program subsides. On Thursday we lost a vote in the U.S. Senate on the Dorgan-Grassley payment limits amendment despite garnering 56 votes. (Find out how your senator voted here.) The leadership had previously consented to an agreement that required all reform amendments to obtain a super-majority of 60 votes to pass. Here’s a round-up of the responses from various reform groups.

Glass gets a little fuller: Farm Bill reins in FDA on cloned food

by Bonnie P. @ Friday, December 14th, 2007.

An amendment passed in the Farm Bill stops the FDA from approving food from cloned animals until more studies have been done and consumer acceptance has been examined.

Glass half full

by Elanor @ Friday, December 14th, 2007.

The Farm Bill has passed the Senate, and I’m the last one who’s going to say it doesn’t make me want to cry. But despite some extremely disappointing losses — including the failure of the Dorgan-Grassley payment limitations amendment — the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition reminds us that there were some important wins, too (and yet […]

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