2012 Farm Bill Resources
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EWG's Farm Subsidy Database
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2012 EWG Farm Bill Platform
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Conservation and the Environment
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Crop Insurance – the New Subsidy
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Food and Nutrition
Must Read Research
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EWG's Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change + Health
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Soil Erosion In Corn Belt Is Much Worse Than Official Estimates
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Downfall of the Direct Payment Farm Subsidy
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Shopper's Guide to Pesticides
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Defining a True Safety Net for Struggling Farmers
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Locking in Corn Ethanol Locks Out Alternatives
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Hot Spots in Emerging Global Food Crisis
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Members of the 112th Congress Who Collect Farm Subsidies
Blogroll
- Treehugger Food
- Biofuels Digest
- Green Fields (Des Moines Register)
- Civil Eats
- Green Inc (NY Times)
- Huffington Post Green
- Grist's Food and Farm Section
- The Grocery Manufacturers Association
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Latest Content
Policy Plate: No Accountability for Million Dollar Crop Insurance Payments
May 31, 2012Today the Environmental Working Group released a new analysis of 1 million+ government records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. We found that last year more than 10,000 farming operations have received federal crop insurance premium...
Policy Plate: Minnesotans Fight Back Against Agriculture Pollution
May 30, 2012A diverse coalition that included farmers, urban residents and conservation and business groups called on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency yesterday to hold farm operations accountable for their share of run-off pollution flowing into Minnesota...
Policy Plate: Riot of Soil Erosion Brings Shame
May 29, 2012John Walter, executive editor of Successful Farming Magazine & Agriculture.com, took a Memorial Day weekend trip through western Iowa. Walter writes today at Agriculture.com about the environmental catastrophe he witnessed on his drive. His story,...
Policy Plate: The Diane Rehm Show Tackles Farm Bill
May 24, 2012NPR’s Diane Rehm Show hosted a panel discussion this morning featuring Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Jerry Hagstrom of The Hagstrom Report, Chandler Goule of the National Farmers Union and Environmental Working...
Policy Plate: Farm Bill Debate and Ag Pollution Continue
May 23, 2012While the Senate and House Agriculture Committees debate how drastically they will cut proven farm bill conservation programs, widespread industrial agriculture pollution continues to take its toll. An ABC News affiliate in Baltimore reports this morning...
