…from land stewardship and immigration to obesity and school lunches, in this week’s New York Times Magazine Michael Pollan outlines how U.S. Farm Bill subsidies for corn, soy and wheat have far-reaching and disturbing implications.
Reading Pollan’s You Are What You Grow was one more weird wake-up call. In the article Pollan compares a bunch of […]
Archive for April, 2007
2007 U.S. farm bill: the root of many evils?
Published by April 25th, 2007 in Political, Government, Action, Farming, Agriculture and Organic. 0 CommentsOrganic Coffee Emergency Highlights Need to Buy Fair Trade
Published by April 17th, 2007 in Consumer, Regulation, Government, News, Industry, Farming, Products, Labels, Agriculture, Food and Organic. 0 CommentsChanges to US Department of Agriculture requirements for organic certification will freeze out many organic coffee growers who relied on growers groups to bring down the cost of certification.
