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	<title>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition &#187; Farm Credit Archives  &#8211; NSAC</title>
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		<title>Lenders Learn how to Bank on Small Farms, Local Food</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/local-food-lending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sevans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Credit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financing team offers training as part of healthy food initiative By Patty Cantrell Nic Welty employs himself full time year-round raising lettuce, spinach, and other leafy greens in three low-cost passive solar greenhouses, which together cover less than one acre of land. His Nine Bean Rows farm near Traverse City, MI, is one of many<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/local-food-lending/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Latino Farmers Now Eligible for Larger Discrimination Claims</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/women-latinos-usda-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/women-latinos-usda-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>policyintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 25th, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Obama Administration has increased the maximum cash recovery for claims from Latino and female farmers and ranchers discriminated against when seeking USDA loans.  Now, Latino and female farmers claiming discrimination in the USDA loan process between 1981 and 2000 are eligible to receive up to $250,000,<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/women-latinos-usda-claims/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If you eat and live in America</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/if-you-eat-and-live-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bnorton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Farm Bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=14334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you eat and live in America, you should be concerned about the future of farming in this country.  The average age of our nation’s farmers is 57 years old, with more than a quarter of all farmers 65 or older.  There are many people inspired to farm, but as recent studies show, our nation’s<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/if-you-eat-and-live-in-america/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Food and Farm Bill Alive in 2012!</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-bill-alive-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-bill-alive-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bnorton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Farm Bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=14309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Supporters, We previously reported to you that a 2011 Food and Farm Bill appeared imminent.  Days before Thanksgiving the Congressional “Super Committee” failed to reach agreement on $1.2 trillion in budget cuts.  With that, the 2011 Farm Bill proposal intended for inclusion in the Super Committee’s deficit reduction bill is thus no more. The<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-bill-alive-in-2012/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning Farmer Land Contract Program to Launch in 2012</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/final-rule-contract-land-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/final-rule-contract-land-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jobudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=14277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, December 1st, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) issued the final rule for the Land Contract Guarantee Program, which was authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill.   This program was first authorized as a pilot program under the 2002 Farm Bill, but was expanded to be made permanent and offered nationwide in the last<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/final-rule-contract-land-sales/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Farm Bill is Dead! Long Live the Farm Bill! – Part Two</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/2011-farm-bill-rip-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/2011-farm-bill-rip-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfogel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition Programs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=14174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In part one of this post, we discuss what might be next for the ongoing congressional budget debate and in turn for the new farm bill.  In part two we turn to details about what was in the short-lived and now dead 2011 Farm Bill deal. What We Know About the Farm Bill that Did<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/2011-farm-bill-rip-part-two/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Bill Would Promote Lending to Local Food Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/go-farm-senate-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/go-farm-senate-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jobudzinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Credit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=13860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On November 17, an innovative bill that would establish a revolving loan fund program that would support local farm businesses and market gardens was introduced in the Senate.  The Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets (GO FARM) Act of 2011 (S.1888) was introduced by Senators Robert Casey (D-PA) and Tom Harkin (D-IA). The<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/go-farm-senate-introduction/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Final FY 2012 Agriculture Funding Levels Agreed Upon</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/fy-2012-ag-appropriations/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/fy-2012-ag-appropriations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfogel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Farm Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture Appropriations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CAFOs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fair Competition]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=14015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, November 15, House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise deal on a fiscal year (FY) 2012 appropriations &#8220;minibus&#8221; (H.R. 2112) which includes the FY 2012 agriculture appropriations bill.  The minibus will now be sent back to both chambers of Congress for a final vote before being sent to the President for his signature<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/fy-2012-ag-appropriations/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Pick Three” Action Update</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/%e2%80%9cpick-three%e2%80%9d-action-update/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/%e2%80%9cpick-three%e2%80%9d-action-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bnorton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=13627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of you have called and emailed your Senators and Representatives over the last two weeks – thank you for standing up for a fair and healthy farm and food system! To remind readers of current action items, we summarized and linked three alerts below. Urgent Action Needed on the Farm Bill The food and<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/%e2%80%9cpick-three%e2%80%9d-action-update/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Groundbreaking Opportunity: The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act</title>
		<link>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/groundbreaking-opportunity-the-local-farms-food-and-jobs-act/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/groundbreaking-opportunity-the-local-farms-food-and-jobs-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bnorton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=13554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is supporting your local farmer, visiting your farmers market, CSA, food coop, or other local food source important to you?  What about having fresh, local food for your child’s school meals?  Or as a farmer or rancher, do you want to figure out ways to add value to your food products to capitalize on sales<a href="http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/groundbreaking-opportunity-the-local-farms-food-and-jobs-act/"> Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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