In anticipation of the Senate Agriculture Committee marking up the farm bill next week (scheduled for Tuesday, October 23) we will highlight a few of the issues on our blog this week. Today, we will focus once again on food…
Read more »From Saturday’s New York Times, Gloria Tosi, who represents most of the American ship owners involved in the food aid system, said buying commodities abroad would erode domestic political support for the program and lead to lower food aid budgets…
Read more »Download Stephen’s Farm Bill Polemic-8-07.MP3 It is about 2.4 megabytes, so you may wish to read his piece below: WARNING MESSAGE!: To All Eaters! From Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville Do you know how much taxpayer money goes to the Farm…
Read more »Enjoy this farm bill drama between a Twinkie-like food item and a virtuous apple. Tomorrow, we’re back to business with a serious Farm Bill action alert on Food Aid… The Food Battle web site’s Farm Bill Quick Facts are great,…
Read more »Dear Better Farm Bill Friends, People of faith don’t give up easily! This week, we repeat our call for reform of Title 1 and an end to trade-distorting subsidies. In addition, over the next few weeks we will highlight where…
Read more »The Senate may not vote on the Farm Bill until September, but meanwhile – if your kitchen looks like mine – the tomatoes are taking over! Or, if not, you could soon have this blessed problem by inquiring about a…
Read more »Advocates for Farm Bill Reform now look to the Senate with hopes for a much better outcome than from the House. The Farm Bill debate is far from over, and even though both chambers of Congress are in the midst…
Read more »Two multimedia pieces dealing with the complexity of the Farm Bill in the wake of the House vote last week. First, from today’s New York Times, an article and slideshow dealing with food aid called “Corn That Never Came.” And…
Read more »Here is a wonderful (yet sad) editorial from today’s NY Times on what happened in the House with the Farm Bill. The Fairness in Farm and Food Policy Amendment was defeated Thursday night by a vote of 117-309. And the…
Read more »“Franklin Roosevelt is probably turning in his grave as he looks down at the House debate on the Farm Bill. Under the guise of saving the family farm, Democrats and Republicans have turned the farm safety net into a slop…
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