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EU Commissioner of Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos, talking about organic agriculture and the Common Agriculture Program reforms.
by
Dale Wiehoff
On Saturday, January 21, the giant grain and financial company, Cargill, is going to be the recipient of a Global Citizens' arrest for, as the organizers say, “profiteering off people and the planet.” It would take too long to list the indictment of Cargill’s many crimes, but one of its
by
Andrew Ranallo
A rapidly growing body of evidence is spotlighting the overuse of antibiotics—and the antibiotic-resistant bacteria it breeds—in pork production as a widespread and serious danger to the American food supply and public health.
January 17, 2012 The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Ariel Rios Building Washington, DC 20460 Dear EPA Administrator Jackson:
With an eye toward envisioning a Farm Bill that promotes health, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Jennifer Billig will provide an overview of the Farm Bill and its intersections with public health, including the kinds of farming and eating the bill currently supports.
Visualizing Health and the Farm Bill