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Forget the Farm Bill

August 6, 2007 – 3:28 am

Tom Philpott farms and cooks at Maverick Farms, a sustainable-agriculture nonprofit and small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Climate Crisis Coalition
Forget the Farm Bill.
Commentary Tom Philpott, Grist Magazine, August 3, 2007
“Over the past few years, grassroots support has swelled for new federal farm policies — ones that promote healthy, sustainably grown food, [...]

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Concerns Mounting over Ethanol Subsidies in Current Draft of 2007 Farm Bill,

July 20, 2007 – 1:36 am

From: Climate Crisis Coalition
Concerns Mounting over Ethanol Subsidies in Current Draft of 2007 Farm Bill
Press Release, Food & Water Watch, July 18, 2007
“The future of biofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food & Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Energy Institute. The [...]

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