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Diary of a Young Farmer: April’s Cash Crop
As a young farmer experiences the springtime cash flow crisis, the USDA offers no direct financial help, a catch-22 situation impossible for new family farmers
A Conversation With Dan Imhoff-Part 4: Shifting Winds
Cooking Up a Story: Food News Furthering the conversation, Dan Imhoff explains how there are cracks appearing in the alliance. A number of opposing interest groups may be coming together to push the Farm Bill toward rewarding better farming practices: encouraging farmers to grow nutritious foods, and employ farming methods that preserve the land for [...]
A Conversation With Dan Imhoff-Part 2: Historical Roots and Evolution of the Farm Bill
The Farm Bill comes up for renewal every 5 to 7 years. But upon passage, that is just the beginning of a yearly battle for allocation of those funds. Part 2 reveals the surprising truth about what the Farm Bill really offers, and how it has evolved from its original purpose. For more information
A Conversation with Dan Imhoff: An Introduction to the Farm Bill-Part 1
In part 1, Daniel Imhoff explains the historical roots of the federal Farm Bill, arguably the single, biggest piece of legislation that effects land use in the U.S., and as he himself notes, most average citizens know little about this important bill. The current farm bill is a 90 billion dollar federal program that supports [...]