Posts Tagged ‘resources’

Resources for Young Farmers in the 2008 Farm Bill

February 27th, 2009  By Gordon Jenkins

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Amidst all the hubbub about last year’s Farm Bill, which healthy food advocates criticized for maintaining the commodity subsidies that make “Big, Unhealthy Ag” profitable, young farmers-to-be might have missed a few small but significant changes worth celebrating. Read More

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FLOW: A Film about the Politics of Water

September 26th, 2008  By Paula Crossfield

Water is a vital part of life, but should it be a commodity? This is the question FLOW explores, not just in developing countries where the issue is paramount, but in the United States as well. Water is currently a $400 billion industry, the third largest behind oil and electricity. Because of pollution, scarcity and corporate control, water availability is the largest issue facing humanity in this century. Read More

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