Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
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“I Know What I Know”
Posted on April 16, 2014
Members of Congress are finally getting around to reading the Farm Bill they approved late this winter after three years of gum bumping, chest beating, and finger pointing. Their big discovery so far?
Many now are shocked (shocked! I say) that the money they thought they had saved in food stamps and commodity programs won’t be […]
Ag’s New Math
Posted on January 20, 2014
It might be a new year but the old year’s weaknesses persist.
For example, I still try to type the word “separate” with one “a,” still can’t walk past a display of cherry licorice without buying some, and still can’t do high-end math like, say, division.
Part of that latter weakness goes back to the 1960s when […]
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April 18, 2021 at 5:10am
This is all but unwatchable; such overwrought, under rendered baloney brings a new level of meaninglessness to today’s ag policy challenges. https://t.co/7eUa5rOsos
This is all but unwatchable; such overwrought, under rendered baloney brings a new level of meaninglessness to today’s ag policy challenges. https://t.co/7eUa5rOsos
April 15, 2021 at 8:11am
We’re running out of years and excuses to not clean up BigAg’s failing environmental record. Solid reporting here on just how badly we’re failing. https://t.co/hjwI5ud6Jd
We’re running out of years and excuses to not clean up BigAg’s failing environmental record. Solid reporting here on just how badly we’re failing. https://t.co/hjwI5ud6Jd
April 14, 2021 at 4:00am
Teriffic piece that shows just how much influence & money BigPig spends to sustain the unsustainable CAFO side of US meat production. Keep in mind, little of this happens w/out USDA compliance, consent and-too often-money. https://t.co/xdquPjIIO8
Teriffic piece that shows just how much influence & money BigPig spends to sustain the unsustainable CAFO side of US meat production. Keep in mind, little of this happens w/out USDA compliance, consent and-too often-money. https://t.co/xdquPjIIO8
April 11, 2021 at 3:27pm
When are we as a nation going to understand that this export obsession is literally killing people and the world we live in, not just pigs, cattle & poultry. https://t.co/2CYf75LwFG
When are we as a nation going to understand that this export obsession is literally killing people and the world we live in, not just pigs, cattle & poultry. https://t.co/2CYf75LwFG
April 6, 2021 at 12:52pm
As Wallace Stegner noted decades ago: While everyone uses water, only Americans use it up. https://t.co/iSucXdhbzj
As Wallace Stegner noted decades ago: While everyone uses water, only Americans use it up. https://t.co/iSucXdhbzj