Farm Bill Resources
Key Farm Bill Website Resources
American Farmland Trust
American Farmland Trust is a national nonprofit organization working
with communities and individuals to protect the best land, plan for growth
with agriculture in mind and keep the land healthy. As the leading advocate
for farm and ranch land conservation, AFT has ensured that more than a
million acres stays bountiful and productive.
Community Food Security
Coaltion
Environmental
Defense
Environmental Defense has dedicated a large portion of their staff
to work on the 2007 Farm Bill campaign. They provide resources to others
to assist in their efforts. Those resources include data collection and
analyses of existing Farm Bill programs, comments on interim and final
rulings, website information and assistance with advocacy strategy.
Environmental Working Group
The Environmental Working Group has been doing investigations since 1993.
Their team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, computer specialists
and
lawyers review and analyze data to bring to light facts for the public
to absorb and to persuade bureaucracies to rethink science and strengthen
regulation.
Farm and Food
Policy Project
Food Research and
Action Center (FRAC)
The Food Research and Action Center works to improve public policy to
eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the US.
Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family
farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research
and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
National
Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, Inc. is dedicated to
educating the public on the importance of a sustainable food and agriculture
system that is economically viable, environmentally sound, socially just,
and humane. They do this through bringing together diverse local, regional,
state and national organizations to identify problems and work on solutions,
and to help grassroots concerns and priorities be heard in Washington
DC.
National
Family Farm Coalition
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Oxfam
America
Sustainable
Agriculture Coalition
UC Agricultural
Issues Center on-line publications
UC Agricultural Issues Center is one of approximately 20 statewide research,
teaching and outreach programs administered by UC Division of Agriculture
and Natural Resources (ANR).
SDA
Economic Research Service State Fact Sheet for California
USDA Farm Bill website
Download Farm Bill Analyses and Resources
The Conservation Security Program Drives Resource Management:
An Assessment of CSP Implementation in 5 Midwestern States
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the document in PDF format
Seeking Balance in US Farm and Food Policy
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the document in PDF format
Fairness in the Fields
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the document in PDF format
More IPM Please: How USDA Could Deliver Greater Environmental Benefits
from Farm Bill Conservation Programs
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the document in PDF format
Conference Proceedings
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in PDF format
Reforming The Federal Farm Bill
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format
Leveraging Improvements for Sustainable Food and Farming
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in PDF format
Commodity Dialog: Principles and Criteria
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format
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