Field of Greens: The Growth in Farmers Markets
Urban Farms Sprout in the Unlikeliest Places, Feeding a Growing Appetite for Farmers to Sell Directly to Consumers
Read more on CBS News
Field of Greens: The Growth in Farmers Markets
Posted on 03 September 2010 by admin
Black farmers await pay for past-due bill
Posted on 08 August 2010 by admin
Black farmers await pay for past-due bill
The U.S. Senate was scheduled to vote Monday night whether to approve funding for a longstanding $1.2 billion settlement for black farmers who accused the government of decades of discrimination. John Boyd, head of the National Black Farmers Association, told reporters it was time for Congress to do the right thing.
Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
City Slickers: Big subsidies for big-city farmers
Posted on 28 July 2010 by admin
Take a tour of the farms of six major US cities: New York City ($4.2 million in subsidy dollars), Hollywood ($2.9 million), DC ($3.1 million), Atlanta ($7 million), Tampa ($4.3 million), and San Francisco ($7.4 million). Go to mulchblog.com for more information and maps of the city slickers getting your taxpayer money.
Paul tells farmers they may face cuts
Posted on 25 July 2010 by admin
Paul tells farmers they may face cuts
Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul told an audience of Kentucky farmers Thursday their federal payments may need to be cut in the interest of national debt reduction, a declaration his Democratic rivalsaid posed a threat…
Read more on Channel 8 San Diego
Minister gives assurance to farmers
Posted on 08 July 2010 by admin
Minister gives assurance to farmers
Agriculture would not be included in the emissions trading scheme if New Zealand’s competitors or trading partners did not address their agricultural emissions, farmers have been promised. read more
Read more on Otago Daily Times
Fed. Farmers: Challenges, opportunities, success
Posted on 29 June 2010 by admin
Fed. Farmers: Challenges, opportunities, success
Last evening we celebrated the best agriculture has to offer. If there was a World Cup for farmers we’d be Brazil. Which makes Monday’s historic 1-1 draw with World Cup holders, Italy, as well as our historic placing above them in our Group, so very …
Read more on Scoop.co.nz
Why do farmers think farm subsidies is NOT socialism, but me getting back some of my tax dollars is?
Posted on 30 May 2010 by admin
seems unfair
African ‘Green Revolution’ Should Focus On Small Farmers, U.N. Report Says
Posted on 24 May 2010 by admin
African ‘Green Revolution’ Should Focus On Small Farmers, U.N. Report Says
Investments in agricultural technology should be directed to Africa’s smallholder farmers in an effort to increase food security after decades of low funding, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report on Wednesday, Reuters reports (Lynn, 5/19). The report “warns that ‘ineffective farming techniques and wasteful post-harvest practices’ have left sub-Saharan Africa as …
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Farmers speak out on government subsidies – 8 Sep 2007
Posted on 18 May 2010 by admin
Many had hoped this year’s APEC summit might re-ignite the Doha round of trade talks – aimed at liberalising trade around the world. So far though, there’s been little progress. Al Jazeera hears the story of a US farmer who says he cannot survive without government subsidies. Achmad Rifai, an Indonesian farmer also tells Al Jazeera in his own words about his battle to keep working in Indonesia.
Farmers – Are you against the Government trying to socialize medicine?
Posted on 13 May 2010 by admin
If so, don’t you think that the agriculture industry should be based on free-market capitalism as well instead of giving federal subsidies to the ag. industry?
You’re probably right about not finding too many farmers on here. I live in a rural area and it cracks me up to listen to these “patriotic” farmers always ranting about Obama trying to socialize the country when their entire industry is supported by tax dollars.
