I’ve been asked to summarize the key points of some of my work for people in the Food Movement who have a…
FARM WASHING ‘FREE’ TRADE There seems to be a lot of “farm washing” of the new ‘free’ trade agreements, the Trans Pacific…
We’re Missing the Biggest Part Ā (Subtitle, optional)Ā INTRODUCTION This was written on the occasion of a Post on the āGOATā (4 coalitions…
A new article that has been circulating argues that āmore than 90 percent of [the] U.S. could eat food grown or raised…
Quite a few progressive groups, along the lines of the Food Movement, have signed on to the recent Dietary Guidelines proposal. It’s…
Introduction This is a page by page review of āWhat Does it Mean to Do Food Justice?ā by Kirsten Valentine Cadieux and…
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES This is a response to part 2 of a 3 part series on Crop (revenue) Insurance in…
INTRODUCTION This is a response to part 1 of a 3 part series on Crop (revenue) Insurance in the Farm bill.Ā It…
Here’s the original article, to which this blog responds: Ā (Alan Guebert, “Insuring Elephants,” Ā Farm and Food File, 12/23/14, Ā http://farmandfoodfile.com/2014/12/23/insuring-elephants/). Crop (Revenue) Insurance…
Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Olivier De Schutter have been doing some integrative work on farm and food policy issues,…
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