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Environmental Commons: Local Food
Environmental Working Group (2006). Farm Subsidy Database. Available at: www.ewg.org/farm/ For more information, see Gorelick, Steven (1998). Small is Beautiful, Big ... E.B. Gold and M.B. Schenker (1992). Occupational health problems among migrant and seasonal farm workers. In: Western Journal of Medicine 157(3): 367-373. Figures were calculated in ...
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Resources - Links
Farm Subsidy Database An Environmental Working Group Web site that lists subsidies received by U.S. farmers between 1996 and 2001. http://ewg.org/farm/ ... Commentary ------------------------- Programs --Midwest Food Alliance --Farmers & Consumers --Developing Regional Markets --On Farm Research --Stewardship --Farm Beginnings --Pork Checkoff Campaign --Federal & State Policy --CSP --Fighting Factory ...
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Put farm subsidies out to pasture
American necessity that ensures an adequate food supply and alleviates farmer poverty. But two seemingly arcane aspects of farm policy undermine both claims. First, farm subsidy eligibility is restricted to growers of only a few crops. Second, once a farmer's eligibility is established, subsidies increase with the size of the farm. This makes farm ...
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American Farmland Trust
Trust ForwardSupport AFTSubscribewww.farmland.org June 28, 2007 Tell Congress: No More Farm Subsidy Distortion Current farm subsidy programs are bad policy. They encourage overproduction on marginal lands, exclude most ... farm support system. Cut the Farm Bill Fat The Los Angeles Times says it’s time to end “this country’s most egregious corporate welfare” and end farm subsidy payments ...
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New Rules Project - Agriculture - Cutting Corporate Subsidies
Moreover, the average age of farm operators continues to increase. For example, the share of farmers under age 35 decreased ... Laws Banning Corporate Ownership Biobased Products Ethanol and Biodiesel Production Expanding Local Markets Family Farm Tax Break GMO Fish Labeling - Alaska Packers and Stockyards Act Place-Of-Origin Labeling ...
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OCA's Resource Center on Farm Issues
California's Prop 2 Could End the Worst Farm-Animal Abuses and Set a National Precedent 07/28/08 - Farm-Subsidy Shenanigans: Beware of U.S. Trade Officials Bearing Gifts ... Agriculture Society NOFA/New Hampshire NOFA/New Jersey NOFA/New York Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture Pennsylvania Certified Organic ...
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American Farmland Trust: Issues and Programs - Farm Policy Campaign Renewable Energy Policies
Secretary of California Department of Food and Agriculture Promoting Renewable Energy Policy Recommendations: Subsidy Transformation Conservation and Land Protection Healthy and Local Foods Renewable Energy ... needs while destroying methane—a powerful greenhouse gas. Renewable Energy in the Farm Bill Policy Recommendations: Funding research into cellulosic feedstock production and harvesting ...
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ACTION ALERT: Make Your Voice Heard on U.S. Farm & Food Policy Dec. 12
U.S. farm policy. The 2007 Farm Bill will determine how billions of dollars in funding for such things as food and nutrition support, conservation programs, commodity crop subsidy programs, and rural development will be allocated. Right now, U.S. farm policy massively subsidizes overproduction of a few intensive ...
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Current Press Releases | Farm Sanctuary
Frontman Headlines Benefit for Farm Sanctuary 06/04/07 - Farm Sanctuary Mobilizes to Oppose $12 Million Government Subsidy to Veal Industry 05/21/07 - Local Musicians Unite to Benefit Farm Sanctuary 05/16/07 - Memorial Day Open House Offers Relaxing Day Off with Farm Animals 05/14 ...
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FarmBis subsidy for permaculture
FarmBis training support participants in ... the first learning block of the course which promises design skills for self sufficiency, farm planning, recycling, wind and solar power, gardens, sustainable orchards, alternative economics, organic food for ...
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