Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

Finally got around to reading this and had to comment.  Regarding the Farm Bill: Although it would be helpful to introduce some encouragement for small fruit and vegetable growers, it's far more important to reduce the negative effects of government subsidies and policies for commodities, such as corn and soybeans.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

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From: TradingPostPaul

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:39 PM

Subject: [Livingontheland] American Farmland Trust's E-news

(I'm not pushing legislative solutions but Farmland Trust notices are
interesting)

American Farmland Trust's E-news
August 2007
Boosting Local Food Systems

With an increased demand for fresh food and recognition of the broader
benefits from local agriculture, communities are stepping up efforts
to strengthen the interdependent components that go into local food
systems. Effective approaches to develop and support the various
"pieces of the local food puzzle" include Dane County, Wisconsin's food
council; Missoula, Montana's farm to school program; the development of an
infrastructure for local producers in Woodbury County, Iowa; and protection
of agricultural land in Marin County, California. A boost for local food
systems could come from Congress by way of a more balanced 2007 Farm Bill.