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
- Biofuels Digest
- Ethicurean
- Treehugger Food
- The Grocery Manufacturers Association
- Civil Eats
- Grist's Food and Farm Section
- Food Politics
- Huffington Post Green
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Policy Plate: Sounding the Conservation Alarm
May 15, 2012The Tri-State Neighbor, which covers agriculture in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota, reports that the Izaak Walton League of America convened a conservation forum for South Dakota ag officials, producers and conservationists. There, an official from the...
Policy Plate: “Why should prosperous grain farmers receive special treatment?”
May 14, 2012Baylen Linnekin, writing in the libertarian-leaning Reason Magazine, makes “The Case Against Taxpayer-Funded Crop Insurance.” An excerpt: I’ll lead with the sliver of good news in the bill: Direct farm subsidies are on their way out. Subsidies...
Policy Plate: A Deal Most Businesses Would Relish
May 11, 2012The Los Angeles Times describes the Senate Agriculture Committee’s proposal to subsidize deductibles on crop insurance under the farm bill as “a deal most businesses would relish.” “Buy an insurance policy to cover losses or falling prices, and...
Policy Plate: Food Movement Litmus Test
May 10, 2012EWG president Ken Cook issued a ringing call to the good food movement to take a stand on the farm bill in a post this morning titled, “I Call the Vote: A Farm Bill Litmus Test for the Food Movement.” Here’s a simple proposition to test whether the...
I Call the Vote: A Farm Bill Litmus Test for the Food Movement
May 10, 2012By Ken Cook, president, Environmental Working Group Here’s a simple proposition to test whether the food movement can stand up to Big Ag. We’re asking readers who care about providing healthier food to schoolchildren to take a stand by voting on...
