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The blame frame, part one: On corn, meat, and farmers
In a recent post on Grist, Tom Philpott ran down the list of problems that this year’s Farm Bill debaters have blamed, loudly and repeatedly, on subsidies: “everything from the obesity epidemic to the explosion in CAFOs in the late 1990s to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico… [to] steamrolling farmers in Mexico, […]
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Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Digest - Commentary: Journalists protest NAIS secrecy, Farm Bill reformers split
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Subsidy brouhaha brewing over at Grist
I have much to say on the topic of subsidies, the favorite whipping boy of farm policy reform advocates far and wide (and my personal favorite topic to bring up at parties, only slightly ahead of slaughter. Yep, I’m quite popular!). But with several work deadlines looming, I’ll have to hold off until another day. […]
Digest - News: AgSec threatens Farm Bill veto, farmworkers win pesticide lawsuit
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Attention all Farm Bill nuts! PBS wants you
PBS Marketplace is looking for people engaged in the Farm Bill debate to share their experiences in attempting to shape the new legislation.
Digest - News: Another day, another million pounds of beef recalled
Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Digest - Commentary: Farm Bill fur flying, humane groups proposing Cal. initiative
Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.
“Weed It and Reap”: Michael Pollan shreds current Farm Bill in the New York Times
Michael Pollan has an op-ed in today’s New York Times that explains, in his trademark clear, wryly humorous style, why the current version of the Farm Bill the Senate is preparing to pass is “very much a farm bill in the traditional let-them-eat-high-fructose-corn-syrup mold.”
Calling your senators about the Farm Bill can have unexpected results
A funny thing happened when I called my senators this week to ask their support of the Dorgan-Grassley Amendment, which would “put a hard cap of $250,000 on commodity payments, close loopholes, and shift the savings to rural development, beginning and minority farmer, conservation, nutrition, and anti-hunger programs,” according to the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
“King Corn” preview and discussion in Berkeley draws crowd
As expected, the special event for “King Corn,” starring Michael on by the UC Berkeley student group SAFE saw people lining up 90 minutes beforehand.
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