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A look a legislation that affects how you farm.
 [8/2/2000] Inside The Beltway --
August 2000 -- Ag
policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group.
 Rural
America -- A column in In
Motion edited by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center
features articles on family farm, livestock, GMO, environmental and other
issues.
The National Campaign for
Sustainable Agriculture -- New webiste for this diverse network of
groups that is working to shape public policies to foster a sustainable food and
agriculture system.
Rural Advancement Foundation International
-- RAFI is an international organization dedicated to the conservation and
sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity. A good place to start
educating yourself on issues of ag biotechnology.
Center for Rural Affairs -- Newly upgraded
site from the Nebraska-based nonprofit features
news and opinions from their
monthly newsletter, program
descriptions (policy, family farms, beginning farmer, marketing etc.),
publications list, online
excerpts from their report Emerging
Markets for Family Farms and more.
 Campaign for Food Safety -- Covers a
wide range of food issues including organic standards, genetically modified
organisms, irradiation, BGH, Mad Cow disease and more. Includes a page of
links to farmer, retailer or
wholesaler selling organic food. Affiliated with the
Organic Consumers Association.
Farm program resources:
Free CRP Tip Sheet -- 'Bid To Win'
tells how to increase your score and land that contract.
New Farm Program Options Guide --
Making the Most of Freedom to Farm shows how to make planting
flexibility pay.
Free Newsletter! The
Center for Rural Affairs'
newsletter covers a broad range of rural issues including federal farm policy,
beginning farmers, micro enterprise development and more. Just email your
address to: info@cfra.org, or fill out the
form at their
website. | Features:
Growing 'International Markets'
-- A humorous look at an exciting new "crop."
Making Sense of Federal Programs --
How to use flexible planting rules and conservation programs to make your farm
more sustainable and profitable.
Freedom to Farm, Freedom to ... ? -- For
the first time in 60 years, you don't have to plant to please the subsidy
system. So now what? The Land Stewardship Project's Brian DeVore looks at the
prospects of farming without a safety net.
An Open Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Dan
Glickman -- Steps to strengthen family farms and rebuild rural America
from the Nebraska-based Center for Rural Affairs.
Greasing the Way for Factory Bacon --
Corporate hog operations -- and their lagoons -- threaten the financial and
physical health of family farms.
Hot Links:
Time to Act! Campaign
-- Promoting the recommendations of the USDA
National Commission
on Small Farms.
Farm Bill Network -- Useful info on CRP, WRP,
WHIP and other USDA conservation programs that benefit fish and wildlife, water
quality, etc.
Bid to Win -- Improve your
chance of successfully enrolling land in CRP with this online worksheet from the
Center for Rural Affairs. See also
Improve
Your CRP Bid from the Minn.Dept. of Ag and
Free CRP Tip Sheet.
Iowa Hog Confinement
-- Not just for Iowans, this grassroots site helps link farmers and others
concerned about megahog operations.
Farmland Information Library
[9/5/97] -- Great farmland protection and land-use resources. Full text of state
farmland protection statutes, abstracts and links to literature, discussion
groups, organizations, maps and more. A project of
American Farmland Trust and funded by
USDA-NRCS, future plans include historical looks at land stewards, a discussion
group, and a kids page.
Hog Manure and Its
Discontents -- The Clean Water Act may keep manure out of the
proverbial creek. But does it just push the problem from one environmental
medium to another? At the Liberty Tree
Alliance website, Marty Strange, founder and former program director of the
Nebraska-based Center for Rural Affairs, gets to the heart of the big stink: "Nobody
shovels and spreads manure in the corporate facilities. No farmer, no shovel.
The vast effusions are flushed." While you're at Liberty Tree, check out
Hal Hamilton's
interactive dialog
on sustainable agriculture.
The Truth About Alar --
Was the scare just a hoax? Not according to
Rachel's Environment and Health
Weekly.
Pest Management At The Crossroads
-- IPM policy info from Dr. Charles Benbrook.
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