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Northeast Perspectives on the Farm Bill

By American Farmland Trust | Published: December 12, 2011

On December 16 and 19, American Farmland Trust, Wholesome Wave, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and New England Farmers Union hosted two webinars to help Northeast farm, food and conservation advocates better understand the 2012 Farm Bill reauthorization process. Speakers included Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Rep. James McGovern (D-MA), both of the House Agriculture Committee, as [...]

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What’s Next for the Farm Bill?

By American Farmland Trust | Published: December 8, 2011

As the dust settles from the derailment of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction—aka the “Super Committee”—perhaps you are left wondering, “What’s next for the farm bill?” The work of the Agriculture Committees as part of the Super Committee process appears to be a good starting point for mapping out the next farm bill. [...]

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    “We need to basically bring ourselves together, converge our thoughts, our minds, our resources, in terms of where we want to be with agriculture in this country utilizing the tools that a federal government might bring together — to start really very seriously preparing ourselves for an exciting process that is ultimately a plan for the agricultural future of this country.” — AG Kawamura, former California Secretary of Agriculture and co-chair of Solutions From the Land