Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
News Mentions
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 22, 2015
Posted on February 18, 2015
Background information for “Past Present, Present Future”
Farm and Food File column for the week of February 22, 2015
The Keeney Place: A Life in the Heartland
Dennis R. Keeney
2015
110 pages, $14.95
Levins Publishing
www.TheKeeneyPlace.com
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber
2014
486 pages, $29.95
Penguin Press
www.thethirdplate.com
Full Disclosure:
I know both Dennis Keeney and Dan Barber. I met Dr. Keeney […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 8, 2015
Posted on February 4, 2015
Background information for “Diverse, Concentrated–Big Ag, New Ag?”
Farm and Food File column for the week of February 8, 2015
The Progressive Farmer, February 2015 issue
Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farms
YouTube videos of Progressive Farmer’s 2015 Best Young Farmers & Ranchers
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 1, 2015
Posted on January 28, 2015
Background information for “Big Ag’s Weak Hand in Nitrate Fight”
Farm and Food File column for the week of February 1, 2015
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/crop/des-moines-water-works-to-sue-counties-over-nitrate-issues/article_bab0e80c-9b3c-11e4-a091-7b284dd2de61.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2015/01/22/stowe-board-show-courage-leadership/22202323/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/green-fields/2014/06/17/stowe-iowa-ccci-pressure-environmental-board-members-to-abstain/10673363/
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/crop/northey-optimisic-about-avoiding-water-quality-lawsuit/article_fbb2ed04-a25e-11e4-8f19-4f2db1bd9057.html
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of January 25, 2015
Posted on January 22, 2015
Background information for “The COOL Facts”
Farm and Food File column for the week of January, 25, 2015
January 13, 2015 Report: Preliminary Estimates of the Impacts of U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) on Cattle Trade by C. Robert Taylor
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of January 11, 2015
Posted on January 6, 2015
Background information for “Welcome Back, Foodie”
Farm and Food File column for the week of January 11, 2015
Food Prices and Spending, as detailed by USDA
U.S. Organic Sales, from TIME
Harvard Sugar Study
Fat and Sugar as Percentage of U.S. Diet, from Grist
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of January 4, 2015
Posted on December 29, 2014
Background information for “Dirty Year”
Farm and Food File column for the week of January 4, 2015
UN’s FAO portal for 2015 International Year of Soils
FAO’s global soils map
2001 NRCS research paper on global soil degradation
Agri-Pulse on 2015 Year of Soils
The lowdown on dirt from Food Tank
University of Illinois Press Blog: Howard’s Best Christmas Ever
Posted on December 23, 2014
In this video clip from the University of Illinois Press, Alan shares his fond memories of Howard the Dairyman’s Best Christmas Ever. Alan wrote the column “Howard’s Priceless Gift of Simple Giving” more than 20 years ago; its incredible reader response came as a great surprise and later inspired the forthcoming book The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey. The column is now […]
Radio Interview with Ag Today in Central Ohio
Posted on December 23, 2014
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) works to promote sustainable, local, and organic agriculture that builds strong rural communities, safe and healthy food systems, and preserves Ohio’s natural environment.
Alan will give the keynote address at OEFFA’s 36th annual conference on February 14, 2015. In this radio interview, Alan discusses the upcoming conference, his […]
Source: December 22, 2014 interview with Alan Guebert and Lauren Ketchum
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of December 14, 2014
Posted on December 10, 2014
Background information for “Insuring Elephants”
Farm and Food File column for the week of December 14, 2014
GAO report on reducing federal crop insurance premiums
GAO report on climate change and the need to better manage federal crop insurance
Land Stewardship Project
White papers published by the Land Stewardship Project:
http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1390/white_paper_1.pdf?cms34sid=a7cd9a05232a242de55f6badbcbd63c1
http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1400/white_paper_2.pdf
http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1410/white_paper_3.pdf
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of December 7, 2014
Posted on December 3, 2014
Background information for “Groundhog Day, Again and Again”
Farm and Food File column for the week of December 7, 2014
Congress’ Many Deadlines, from The New York Times
The struggle to renew expired tax breaks, from Reuters
Rural impact of extending the Earned Income Tax Credit, from Daily Yonder
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s estimate for 2014 tax extensions
Editorial on […]
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The US isn’t the only democratic nation where the ill-intentioned make nation-altering change too quickly for the benefit of a politically privileged few. Brexit is a fool’s errand & UK farmers will soon be the first to learn that lesson. https://t.co/Ri8bev4wmi
Climate change, monopolistic practices & fair competition are neither right wing nor left wing. They’re mainstream and every farmer knows it. The problem is too few rely on science & law and too many rely on politics & gov’t subsidies. https://t.co/BHDE4KQ2Vc
Another killer post by @RiverRaccoon made especially so because incoming Sect’y of Ag will again be Iowan Tom Vilsack, Big AgBiz’s favorite do-little Dem. https://t.co/IrI0n4cppU
Since 2015, gov’t program payments to farmers & ranchers have totaled $118B excluding $20B asked for in new covid spending. Would anyone forego portion for better rural schools, hospitals, roads, Internet, lakes, rivers & soil? https://t.co/O61JrkH6ra
And he did nothing to slow or stop Big Agbiz concentration despite series of hearings around the US in his tenure that repeatedly made plain the need. Now, 10 yrs later, a handful of global giants run much of ag, food & rural US. https://t.co/YPcDxsTYSU