archive for July 18th, 2008

Carrots, sticks, and crumbs: Making the most of the new Farm Bill, and gearing up for 2012

by Guest @ Friday, July 18th, 2008.

While the ink is barely dry on the new farm legislation, the campaign for the 2012 Farm and Food Bill has already begun. Critics have likened the farm bill wins to “crumbs” because they represent a small part of the overall Farm Bill loaf. The relative merits of incremental change can be debated endlessly. But for people serious about changing the food system, the $14 billion of funding won in the new bill for programs that support everything from beginning farmers to organic production to conservation on working land represent real reforms that can benefit real people doing some really good things on/for the land and in their communities.

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