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Dispatches From the Fields: The risks of farming for 'non-farmers'
No government disaster assistance for alternative farmers in Iowa |
Ariane Lotti |
22 Jul 2008 |
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| In 'Dispatches From the Fields,' Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape. ----- Now that Iowa has started to dry out from record flooding, farmers are looking to their fields and feeling the uncertainty of this year's crop. For conventional commodity crop farmers, that feeling is fleeting; they can breathe a sigh ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, CSAs, food, Iowa, severe weather (all these topics) |
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