Hello, and thank you for letting me join your group. I wanted to let everyone know about an event we are planned at the Troy Community Food Co-op, and wanted...
Hi All, I just got off the phone with Billie and doesn’t think it would make whit of difference but I am throwing this out there anyway. It seems there is...
Charred farm waste could gobble up carbon Anna Salleh ABC Science Online Friday, 8 June 2007 Soil emits large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere....
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Gianni, I'm pretty cynical about the Farm Bill. I think our farm policy is controlled by agri-business and we get the Farm Bill that they want. On the other...
The key person is NY on the farm bill was Cong. Gillibrand as the only House Democrat on the Agriculture Committee and she refused repeated requests from ...
I agree with you Cheryl. A good food riot in the continental USA would definitely get the attention of the architects, attorneys and our ‘public servants’....
... From: Benjamin Domingo Bof Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:39 PM Eight Reasons to Eat Local foods Straight-Forward Benefits of Eating Local Foods Eating local...
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A little of what mainstream is saying on The Farm Bill: http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=farm&c=yahoo_news ( The search results probably quickly...
HYPERLINK "http://www.3votesaday.org/"http://www.3votesaday.org/ Great site, check to make sure your farm is listed on the local harvest link. Gianni Ortiz ...
Billie, please pass this along to Paula Schafer, whose email has been truncated in the message below, so I can't email her directly. Here are some sources of...
Hi. Due to the conflicts with the LI listening session of the Food Policy Council, we have shifted our conference back one week to Friday June 6th. We are ...
I'm Senior Policy Analyst with Food & Water Watch (www.foodandwaterwatch.org) and I joined the Farm and Food Network because I'm working on a research project...
Apparently there is an opportunity to push the legislators away from the 45 cent a gallon ethanol subsidy that is helping to starve people all around the...
Farm Bill Conference Agreement Announced, Pres. Bush Promises Veto Posted By Keith Good On May 9, 2008 @ 5:01 am Yesterday, Congressional negotiators announced...
VIDEOS OF THE WEEK: VANISHING OF THE BEES We've highlighted this movie in Bytes before, but we strongly feel this is truly a "canary in the mine" issue. This...
Ramsay orders seasonal-only menu HYPERLINK "http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44640000/jpg/_44640062_ramsay512.jpg" Gordon Ramsay says he does not want to...
The UK currently imports about 20% of it's food if I remember right. That's on a caloric basis, probably the only way to be near accurate. And I forget if that...
Dear Friends: We hope you will help circulate word about our upcoming benefit. All reasonable donation appreciated. A great gift for Mother's Day. Thanks Mark...
Compared to what % in the US? Gianni Ortiz 518.392.8545 office _____ From: farmandfood@yahoogroups.com [mailto:farmandfood@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
I'm not sure. It looks like about as I'd expect, that the US currently has a net food export over import. Monetarily the trade imbalance looks to be about...
It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant our advocates are -- in this case I am referring to the Oxfam representative quoted in the article, who made the...
Hi. We are looking for groups who would like to be listed as co-sponsoring the conference below. Main responsibility would be to help promote the event. I plan...
Hi, May 8, the U.S. Senate-House conference committee on the new Farm Bill announced its final farm bill conference agreement. The bill includes $3 million per...
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Dear Regional Farm & Food Folks: Glynwood Center is organizing the 6th annual Harvest Awards to recognize great work in the sustainable ag field. Please...
With the price of oil over $120 a barrel (up from less than $30 for the last 50 years), small and midsize non-polluting farms growing healthy and best-tasting...
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