Farming

Monsanto's Wheat Problem

May 31, 2013

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Monsanto Messes with World Wheat Market »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 31, 2013

How a GMO experiment from years ago has come back to haunt us.read more

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Farm Bill Fiasco »

By Christopher D. Cook, May 13, 2013

Agribusiness dominates the process. The food movement must unite to bring about much-needed change.read more

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A Farmer Takes On the Monarchy of Monsanto

February 19, 2013

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We need to protect farmers’ rights »

By Debbie Barker, February 19, 2013

On Tuesday, Feb. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case that should concern every small farmer and rural community in America.read more

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Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill »

By Jim Goodman, December 13, 2012

Monsanto’s riders would prevent the federal courts from restricting, in any way, the planting of a GE crop, regardless of environmental, health or economic concerns.read more

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On World Hunger Day, blame should be rightly apportioned »

By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, May 25, 2012

Monday is World Hunger Day, and we must address rising food prices all over the planet.read more

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Family Farm Defender »

By Marc Eisen, in the May 2012 issue

A profile of John Kinsman, the founder of Family Farm Defenders.read more

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Food Safety Victory for Small Farms »

By Ruth Conniff, December 1, 2010

It's outrageous that the richest nation on earth can't protect its citizens from lethal infections from tainted food.

So it is a relief to see progress on this most basic consumer protection in the Senate's passage of sweeping food safety legislation this week in the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Despite tens of thousands of outbreaks of illness and thousands of deaths from tainted meat, eggs, spinach, and peanut butter, there were still those who argued that "the free market is working."read more

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Thanks Local Farmers! »

By Ruth Conniff, November 24, 2010

As the weather turns cold, and local produce gets scarcer, it's a good time to appreciate how lucky we are to have so much fantastic food growing so close to home.read more

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Farm runoff is another threat to the Gulf »

By Jeff Gunderson, August 11, 2010

Now that the BP oil well has been plugged, it’s more urgent than ever to address the Gulf Coast “dead zone.”read more

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Health care debate must include us farmers »

By Jim Goodman, July 23, 2009

Our current health care system is crushing farmers. And the proposals under consideration in Congress won’t give us the relief we need.read more

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Growing Food and Justice »

By Barbara Miner, in the January 2009 issue

Meet Will Allen, urban farmer extraordinaire.read more


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