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Today marked a major victory in a six-year-long struggle by small farmers in the US. I’m betting, dear reader, that you don’t have any idea what I’m talking about.
The Department ...
by lao hong han
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on Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 08:10 PM PST
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First published at OrganicConsumers.org
January: The Inauguration of Hope & Change
February: Yoplait & Dannon Go Growth Hormone-...
by OrganicConsumer
11 comments
on Fri Dec 04, 2009 at 10:43 PM PST
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It seems that all the worst of the "food safety" bills have been rolled into one Frankenstein version that Henry Waxman as associated with drafting - HR 2749. Now, for some reason, ithey have ...
by Scaredhuman
129 comments
on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 08:56 AM PDT
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There are people who really, honestly do not care if a small farm fails. In their belief system industrial ag fills the grocery stores where they get their food. It's a moot point with them.
by CcVenussPromise
21 comments
on Wed May 13, 2009 at 02:38 PM PDT
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It's here.... Six years into NAIS and over $130 million spent, the long awaited NAIS Cost/Benefit Analysis has been released. The past few days ag journalists have been busy parroting USDA talking ...
by horsepatsy
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on Sun May 10, 2009 at 07:07 AM PDT
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This is the second and final part of the story of my trip to Morris Grassfed Beef. This sustainable food movement is taking off and I wanted to see first hand what nonindustrial cattle production ...
by CornSyrupAwareness
50 comments
on Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 01:11 PM PDT
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I've got a thorn in my side. And I'm gonna be bad and call out another blogger. Scaredhuman. She's been part of a small group who has pushed a misinformation campaign - quite successfully - about ...
by OrangeClouds115
42 comments
on Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 03:19 PM PDT
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There is a program rolling down the Hill that will fundamentally change the way our food is grown in this country, and the very way that our countryside looks. Farmers and Food Activists have been ...
by hamesfarmer
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on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 05:25 AM PST
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Everyone knows that Food gets attention. In looking at the rush of food safety proposals and this weekend's speech by President Obama, I think we need to find a way to point out that farming isn't a "
by hamesfarmer
17 comments
on Sun Mar 15, 2009 at 07:58 AM PDT
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NAIS - the National Animal Identification System . View the videos.
What is apparent is ...
by Scaredhuman
66 comments
on Thu Feb 26, 2009 at 09:35 PM PST
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The New York Times ran on a piece on CSAs doing well despite ...
by Scaredhuman
85 comments
on Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 02:13 PM PST
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One thing after another is raining down on small farmers.
NAIS which is insane on the face of it but has left ...
by Scaredhuman
72 comments
on Sat Feb 14, 2009 at 07:27 PM PST
with 33 Recommends
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The following excerpt of a wonderful article by Gene Logsdon must be put in the context of the USDA current and aggressive efforts to drive Amish farmers out of business. In Wisconsin, Emmanuel ...
by Scaredhuman
9 comments
on Wed Jan 14, 2009 at 01:15 PM PST
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One of my favorite Kossacks, Judith2007, wrote a diary that was largely ignored yesterday. But it should not have been. Judith is a sustainable farmer... to you Michael Pollan fans, Judith is "my" ...
by OrangeClouds115
500 comments
on Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 05:42 AM PST
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As I watch newborn baby lambs playing King of the Hill, bouncing and playing like their legs are springs, my heart fills with both joy and dread. I’m a city girl, a lawyer, who got into ...
by judith2007
66 comments
on Sun Jan 11, 2009 at 05:52 AM PST
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DISCLOSURE:
change.org IS NOT change.gov - it is a social entrepreneurship venture. They are running a ...
by MsGrin
29 comments
on Fri Jan 09, 2009 at 09:33 PM PST
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The courage needed to fight the multinationals involves standing up to germs.
We have to be able to face down our fear of disease - a fear that multinational corporations are intentionally ...
by Scaredhuman
131 comments
on Tue Dec 23, 2008 at 05:16 PM PST
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No, I am not referring to Obama selecting Vilsack for the USDA though it is a blatant betrayal not only of his promise of sustainable agriculture but of "change" and "grassroots" anything. Vilsack ...
by Scaredhuman
671 comments
on Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 03:51 AM PST
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Whatever you think about 9/11 as doubts about it increase - we know what followed from it.
We know that a MASSIVE centralized intelligence agency was created and that NSA-spying went into ...
by Scaredhuman
3 comments
on Fri Nov 28, 2008 at 08:14 PM PST
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Dear conservatives who have been so angry at Muslims for 9/11,
I am going to give you a link to look through. I take no position. I am frightened, in fact, by what it makes me think.
I am asking ...
by Scaredhuman
52 comments
on Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 08:01 PM PST
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