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New since Tuesday, May 6Headlines (10) May. 13: Farm bill vote this week Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) May. 13: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT: Threat to veto farm bill Office of the Press Secretary to President Bush May. 8: Corporate giants get fat on food crisis Market Place May. 7: Who's Gobbling Up Food Profits? FarmPolicy.com May. 7: Burger With a Side of Spies New York Times May. 7: Farm bill: More of the same, plus some real change MinnPost.com May. 4: Congressmen Payne and Ellison paid tribute to myriads of political chaos and calm in the Horn of Africa AFRICAN NEWS JOURNAL May. 6: Will the Food Crisis Finally Get the Attention of Presidential Candidates? IATP May. 5: Imagine how it feels to be chronically hungry Globe and Mail Library (5) Farm Bill a Missed Opportunity The 2008 Farm Bill is a missed opportunity to address the problems caused by market deregulation. Oil and Tar Sand Basics The Oil Shale and Tar Sands Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) evaluates potential impacts associated with oil shale and tar sands resources development on lands administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Based upon the information and analyses developed in this PEIS, the BLM will amend land use plans for these areas. Minnesota's Bubble Economy: The Critical Need to Prevent our Farmland Boom from Busting Minnesota agriculture is riding high -- perhaps too high to be sustainable. Clearly, price bubbles are forming around farmland and commodities that threaten the long-term health of Minnesota's huge food and agriculture economy. A report from Minnesota 2020 Food, Water and Climate Challenges It is time for us to get serious about understanding the way climate change affects water resources for food production and conversely the way agricultural water use is leading to climate change. Biofuel and Global Biodiversity Increasing production of crops for biofuels is exacerbating agriculture’s impact on biodiversity in many parts of the world. |
- Farm bill vote this week
- STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT: Threat to veto farm bill
- Farm Bill Would Perpetuate Market Deregulation and Volatility, Despite Incremental Gains in Bioenergy, Conservation, Local Foods and Food Aid
- Corporate giants get fat on food crisis
- Who's Gobbling Up Food Profits?
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