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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Editor’s Note: This post is the fifth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. At the same time, the US is losing small and mid sized family farms at a rapidly increasing rate.

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DON'T ASK FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

The Lunatic Farmer

All my organic buddies thought this would be the beginning of a new era, since we finally had a first lady who advocated "know your farmer, know your food." Instead we got the top legal advisor to Monsanto as the new food safety czar. They believe carbon-based (compost) farming will starve the world. Change indeed.