(authorās note:Ā Iāll try to add footnotes later) I ran across posts about the Minnesota Food Charter on the COMFOOD list recently.Ā …
SYNOPSIS:Ā THREE MAJOR FARM SUBSIDY MYTHS DEBUNKED Because Iām criticizing great people acting in good faith on critical issues, I like to…
A Personal Introduction As a farmer from Iowa, a top corn and soybean growing state with two Senators and recently two representatives…
Food Crisis 101 (The Farm Bill, Trade, Strategic Reserves and Related Issues) KEY (to acronyms) IATP:Ā Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy…
Farm Bill 101 This project focuses on theĀ biggestĀ Farm BillĀ issues. BRIEFLY: Ā Why We Have Farm Bills APAC:Ā Ā Assumptions of Farm Program,Ā http://agpolicy.org/weekcol/381.html APAC:Ā Executive Summary…
(Note to readers:Ā Iām posting this to ZSpace, as the original location,Ā La Vida Locavore (on 4/12/11), has gone away. Ā I have…
SYNOPSIS: (WHERE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IS WRONG) Itās important that we learn about hunger to better prevent it. Learning about the connection between…
This is a response to: Ā Brad Plumer, “Map: Ā Here’s How Much Each Country Spends on Food,” [http://www.vox.com/2014/7/6/5874499/map-heres-how-much-every-country-spends-on-food?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_name=share-button&utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=article-share-top]Ā The points made in this…
Preamble In recognition of the inherent economic volatility of modern production agriculture, with chronic excess production, inelastic demand, and market depression,…
This is a response to the article, āMeans Testing Rich Farmers,ā by Mike Lavendar, Ag Reform Coordinator, Environmental Working Group, 10/23/13, (http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2013/10/means-testing-rich-farmers).…
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