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Siding with the Bushies? Why a Bush veto of the farm bill is bad for the food movement (and the world)	Elanor Starmer	12 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Congress (almost) passes a farm bill; Bush vows to veto How should sustainable-food advocates respond to the latest farm bill proposal?	Tom Philpott	08 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, organic food, food, agriculture, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Corny weather FT: Midwest rains threaten U.S. corn crop	Tom Philpott	07 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, climate, severe weather (all these topics)

BusinessWeek drinks the ethanol-spiked Kool-Aid The newsweekly uncorks a whopper in defense of crop-based fuels	Tom Philpott	06 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy (all these topics)

More than money Other conservation tools at stake in the Farm Bill, too	Guest author	05 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, legislation (all these topics)

Perry and Thrust U.S. should back off from biofuels to bring down food prices, says Texas guv		28 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:56 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Has the U.S. push for biofuels contributed to rising global food prices? Well, yes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday: "There has been apparently some effect, unintended consequence from the alternative fuels effort." But, she hastened to add, "biofuels continue to be an extremely important piece of the alternative energy picture" and & ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, economy, energy, food, news, politics, state politics, Texas (all these topics)

Thinking outside the cereal box Thoughts on the farm bill and the skyrocketing cost of food	Guest author	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, food, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The corn identity How Congress is shortchanging our health and sweetening things for the food industry	Bill Chameides	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, food, health, legislation (all these topics)

Who is a farmer? Linguistic insights into agriculture	Sharon Astyk	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag subsidies, food, ag policy, green space, gardening, agriculture, placemaking (all these topics)

What are GMOs good for, again? Study: transgenic soy brings lower yields than conventional	Tom Philpott	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Big Ag, food, GMOs (all these topics)

Agro-sham Bush and farm policy 'reform'	Tom Philpott	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, George Bush, industrial ag, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Putting your money where your mouth is How expensive is food, really?	Sharon Astyk	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, economy, food, legislation, politics, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Crunch time for the farm bill The legislation isn't perfect, but it's far better than extending the 2002 bill	Aimee Witteman	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, legislation, local food, organic food, politics, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Skewed View from the Berkeley Hills Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters should quit celebrating food-price hikes	Tom Philpott	04 Apr 2008	Victual Reality

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, consumerism, economy, food, health, local food, politics (all these topics)

Farm subsidies: beyond simplistic outrage Gourmet magazine points the way toward a green and smart farm policy	Tom Philpott	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, industrial ag, legislation, politics (all these topics)

A storm is brewing Why the disaster trust fund is bad news	Guest author	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: legislation, agriculture, politics, ag policy (all these topics)

Cellulosic ethanol: not likely to be viable New study from mainstream ag economists at Iowa State	Tom Philpott	03 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy, ethanol, politics (all these topics)

Farm bill agonistes After all the fuss, looks like we might get an extension of the 2002 farm bill	Tom Philpott	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Election '08: Real alternatives for real food? Questions for Obama and Clinton from a Wisconsin farmer	Guest author	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, Barack Obama, biofuels, elections, food, health, Hillary Clinton, local food, politics, presidential race 08, Wisconsin (all these topics)

The Butz Stops Here A reflection on the lasting legacy of 1970s USDA Secretary Earl Butz	Tom Philpott	07 Feb 2008	Victual Reality
Industrial agriculture lost one of its greatest champions last week: Earl "Rusty" Butz, secretary of the USDA under Nixon. Blustering, boisterous, and often vulgar, Butz lorded over the U.S. farm scene at a key period. He plunged a pitchfork into New Deal agricultural policies that sought to protect farmers from the big agribusiness companies whose interests he openly ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, industrial ag, Victual Reality (all these topics)

War is peace; sickness is life Livestock registration, pitched by feds as voluntary, is creeping toward mandatory	Kurt Michael Friese	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, politics (all these topics)

Countdown to the 2008 Farm Bill: Part V Direct and value-added marketing in the farm bill	Aimee Witteman	20 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, politics (all these topics)

Countdown to the 2008 Farm Bill: Part IV The Conservation Security Program	Aimee Witteman	16 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Countdown to the 2008 Farm Bill: Part III Organic production and research	Aimee Witteman	15 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, legislation, organic food, politics (all these topics)

Meat Wagon: Factory farms milk the government Conservation title schemes, youth flee CAFO country, and a side of E. coli beef	Tom Philpott	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, industrial ag, politics (all these topics)

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