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Opinion: Why the Farm Bill Isn’t Prioritizing the Right Things

Modern Farmer

Farm income, yields and food availability have all increased tremendously since the inception of the Farm Bill in 1933, in line with its original intent. But a closer look at our food system reveals many challenges. The efforts to truly create sustainable food systems do not go far enough.

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Regenerative Food Certification: Gold Standard or Greenwashing?

Modern Farmer

Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. Now, 60 percent of the biggest agribusinesses in the world use the term , all in different ways.

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Can You Trust the Organic Food Label?

Modern Farmer

Over the COVID-19 pandemic, fraud escalated in many sectors, and more fraudulent food items entered the market as criminals capitalized on fears of food shortages and as fewer inspectors were available. Organic farming is a practice that emphasizes natural processes, ecological balance and the conserving of resources.

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20 Sustainable Sips to Cheer For

Food Tank

To help you find a winemaker, distiller, or brewer to support, Food Tank is highlighting 20 producers and programs bringing sustainable sips to glasses around the world. Boochcraft partners with The Ecology Center for the advancement of regenerative agriculture. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of that.” Martinique Rhum J.M

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FAKE FOOD, FAKE SACRAMENTS

The Lunatic Farmer

His basic thesis in the piece is that the current war on real food and the ascendency of fake and manufactured food-like substances create a deep soul-level mentality that we are not dependent on food. Seen in that light, the assault on real food is an assault on real spiritual life. We need thousands like him.

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SHIPPING GARBAGE

The Lunatic Farmer

The Wall Street Journal over the weekend ran a big story on the number of start-ups getting into the food waste business, trying to keep it out of landfills. What does a person living in an urban condo do with food scraps? Obviously, the dehydrating makes everything lighter for shipping, but is this really an ecological process?

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BACKYARD CHICKENS

The Lunatic Farmer

Those rights were enshrined in British law as a result of wars and realizing that ultimate food security begins in the home and as proximate as possible. Those Brits have seen food vulnerability up close. One dog generates more manure than 11 chickens, and dog manure is nasty. Perhaps America's time for that will come.

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