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  Posted 1 month, 1 week agoPaula Crossfield interviews some experts (more Pollan!) on what we need to know about agriculture.

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  Very clever observation about Obama's seduction by cutting edge ideas. Perhaps it is up to us to distinguish, as you do here, the good from the bad and keep landing hits on this front. The CSREES posting is deeply disturbing -- there is already not enough research being done on pesticide body burden, the potential for organics, etc. because CSREES mostly requires 50% matching funds for research -- and the matching is almost always done by the private sector, which is most interested in funding things that could potentially be a boon to their bottom line. I think that it is crucial for us to bring the point home that if we don't have proper research, we will not have any chance of wide acknowledgment that sustainable agriculture practices are the only way forward. With a Monsanto man on board, the status quo will be harder to change.On Another Monsanto man in a key USDA post? Obama's ag policy's giving me whiplash posted 2 months ago 20 Responses

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  Of course they are confident that it will be negative, they've had complete control of their samples. Honestly, CAFOs and their overseers need to stop setting the rules. Keep up the great work, Tom!

   

  On Smithfield: don't worry, we're testing our Mexican hogs for swine flu posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago 3 Responses

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  Great piece! I think this is something we forget about for obvious reasons, but thanks for bringing it back under our eyes. Is it legal to use sludge/biosolids on organic fields?

  
  Looking forward to your next piece!

  Paula

  On Sludge, farmer's friend or toxic slime? posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago 18 Responses

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  more impact than you think

  Agriculture and transport account for 19% of the carbon emissions in the US.

  Another great resource is the Eat Well Everywhere tool: http://eatwellguide.org/travel_mapOn Ask Umbra's video advice on eating local in winter posted 10 months, 1 week ago 6 Responses

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  Dining with enemies

  This is surely going to be a problem with Obama in the first few months.  He is so insistent about bringing everyone to the table that I am worried he will be fearful of offending anyone.  But I agree, we will need real change agents to keep rural America from becoming the wild west, dust bowl and everything else again.

  On All eyes on ag chief Vilsack's undersecretary pick posted 10 months, 1 week ago 3 Responses