Seeds of Corporate Power vs Farmers’ Rights We need to start tilting the playing field back in favor of farmers and the environment. By Karen Hansen-Kuhn, September 27, 2016. Farmer in Angola drying coffee beans. The consolidation of corporate power in agriculture has been in the news a lot lately, first with the proposed ChemChina-Syngenta…
Washington Post Perennial wheat is an ecologist’s dream. Soon it may be what’s for dinner. By Jane Black October 2, 2016 At the Perennial in San Francisco, the house bread is made with Kernza. On its website, the restaurant says it hopes “to champion Kernza as a delicious alternative to conventional wheat.” (Jane Black/Jane Black)…
Checkoff Battle Continues Lawsuit Seeks Thousands of Documents Todd Neeley, DTN Staff Reporter 10/6/2016 | 6:48 AM CDT AddThis Sharing Buttons A legal battle about the use of beef checkoff dollars continues in federal court. (Courtesy logo) OMAHA (DTN) — A recent legal move by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to have a say in…
Farm to Table: The Role of Immigrants in U.S. Farm Labor in 2016 U.S. Department of Agriculture When: Thursday, October 20, 2016 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET Where: Migration Policy Institute 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 300 (Third Floor) Washington, DC 20036 Speakers: Daniel Carroll, Federal Program Officer, National Agricultural Workers Survey, Employment and…
Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture? By MICHAEL POLLAN OCT. 5, 2016 Eight years ago this month, I published in these pages an open letter to the next president titled, “Farmer in Chief.” “It may surprise you to learn,” it began, “that among the issues that will occupy much of your…
A common misconception: Farm operations are no different from non-farm businesses In arguing that farm operations are no different from other local businesses on the Main Street of towns across the country and thus ought to be treated the same, critics of farm programs ignore some very real differences. Two weeks ago, we examined the…