Comments on: January 1 Farm Bill Extension Deal is a Disaster for Farmers

By: House GOP shafts rural America, still gets their votes | "Global Possibilities"

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:43:13 +0000

[...] screwing over of sustainable farmers. You’re not alone — the big subsidy reform groups like the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and the Environmental Working Group were bummed, [...]

By: House GOP shafts rural America, still gets their votes | Grist

House GOP shafts rural America, still gets their votes | Grist — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:44:33 +0000

[...] over of sustainable farmers. You’re not alone — the big subsidy reform groups like the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and the Environmental Working Group were bummed, [...]

By: LET’S MAKE A DEAL – FISCAL CLIFF (SORT OF) AVERTED. « FEDERAL POLICY WEEK

LET’S MAKE A DEAL – FISCAL CLIFF (SORT OF) AVERTED. « FEDERAL POLICY WEEK — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:25:23 +0000

[...] the Farm Bill, but doesn’t provide funding for some key sustainable programs, most notably the Conservation Stewardship Program, which provides farmers incentives and rewards [...]

By: Frank Finkley Jr.

Frank Finkley Jr. — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:05:03 +0000

We need A better Farm bill as A small farmerI pled to get A better farm bill thank you Frank.

By: America’s Farmers Lose in Fiscal Cliff Deal « Read Think Write Teach

America’s Farmers Lose in Fiscal Cliff Deal « Read Think Write Teach — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:43:53 +0000

[...] bill, Congress opted for a partial extension that renews nine months of subsidies that favor big agricultural corporations and ignores the needs of the small farmers who are often responsible for our vegetables, fruit and [...]

By: Farm Bill 2012 | "Global Possibilities"

Farm Bill 2012 | "Global Possibilities" — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:26:18 +0000

[...] The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), meanwhile, has referred to it as “blatantly anti-reform,” while the Union of Concerned Scientists calls it “a giant step backward” and “a blow to [...]

By: Organic Kentucky » ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal Cuts Organic Programs, Maintains Big Ag Subsidies

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:24:29 +0000

[...] deal is blatantly anti-reform,’ said Ferd Hoefner, policy director for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. ‘Many smaller, targeted [...]

By: Averting (most of) the food aid cliff | Oxfam America The Politics of Poverty Blog

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:02:12 +0000

[...] to do, a depressing start to the new year. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition issued a press release referring to the Farm Bill extension as “anti-reform” and “a disaster for farmers and the [...]

By: AMERICA’S FARMERS LOSE IN FISCAL CLIFF DEAL | Healthy Farms, Healthy People Coalition

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:24:41 +0000

By: January 1 Farm Bill Extension Deal is a Disaster for Farmers | Healthy Farms, Healthy People Coalition

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:44:42 +0000

[...] January 1 Farm Bill Extension Deal is a Disaster for Farmers January 1, 2013Posted by HFHP Coalition TweetCross-posted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition [...]