Across America, a diverse group of farmers, ranchers and public leaders are committed to environmental stewardship, healthy food and protecting farms and farmland.
“Changes in the 2012 Farm Bill appear both likely and may be significant, if not radical. Our country’s economic situation will be the most significant driver and agent of change in the 2012 Farm Bill.” — Jon Scholl, President, American Farmland Trust
“Simply put, conservation and farmland protection are at a crossroads. Land and healthy soil are the strategic resources critical to our nation’s ability to feed itself and to secure our nation’s future. Conservation programs are vital to maintaining those resources.” — Jon Scholl, President, American Farmland Trust
“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
Views on the Farm Safety Net in the 2012 Farm Bill
Change to U.S. farm policy is inevitable, a change that will provide an opportunity to have a farm safety net that meets the needs of agriculture. Dr. Carl Zulauf, an Agricultural Economist at Ohio State University, discusses what a good safety net might include.
“Changes in the 2012 Farm Bill appear both likely and may be significant, if not radical. Our country’s economic situation will be the most significant driver and agent of change in the 2012 Farm Bill.” — Jon Scholl, President, American Farmland Trust
