Action on Food Safety Bill (Local and Organic)
Take Action: Rescue Local/Organic Farming from One-Size-Fits-All Food Safety Bill! From Organic Consumers Association: The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a sweeping overhaul of the food safety laws...
View ArticleFarm to School Bill Passes Wisconsin State Legislature, on its Way to the...
From the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute: A huge THANK YOU to everyone who took a moment to call your legislators in support of Farm to School. It worked! Farm to School passed both the Assembly...
View ArticleGrist Debate on Food Safety Bill – Good Articles
From Tom Philpott: Over on Grist, we’re hosting a pretty in-depth debate on the food safety bill now languishing in the Senate, but which may soon come to a vote in the lame-duck session. sorting a...
View ArticleS.510 (Food Safety Bill) Passes in Senate – Latest News, What They’re Saying
Updated 2:04 pm, Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 S.510 has PASSED the Senate on a vote of 73 to 25 with the Tester amendment to exempt small farmers, processors, and local food intact. Now it will move to...
View ArticleFarm Subsidies For Millionaires Rejected by Senate Vote
“Unable to agree on whether millionaires should be taxed more, Democrats and Republicans are in rare accord on one issue: Growers with million-dollar incomes shouldn’t reap farm subsidies. In an...
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