by Elanor Starmer
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Running dry
Time to save our nation’s dairy farmers 51
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago Suicides, farm sales, milk dumping--that all might sound like scenes from the Great Depression. But right now, U.S. dairy farmers are in a severe crisis. Read More -
Siding with the Bushies?
Why a Bush veto of the farm bill is bad for the food movement (and the world) 3
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago My former boss in D.C. once said that if she ever found herself on the same side of an issue as the Bush administration, it was time to go back and look more closely: There must be a hidden agenda. That was the thought that struck me as I contemplated the administration's farm bill veto threat on Friday.I understand the calls from some in the sustainable-ag community to veto the farm bill (and thank Tom Philpott and the comment crew for outlining them). The argument appears to be that, while there were important wins, this farm bill does… Read More
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