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  • From: Martin Heller <mcheller AT umich.edu>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: organizations fighting agribusiness
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 17:02:05 -0500




--On Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:56 AM -0600 Jill Taylor Bussiere <jdt AT itol.com> wrote:

But we need, I think, while we are trying to find a way to make a living
and produce good food, to find a way to work together to change the
economic policies towards growers - to take the power back from the
agribusiness conglomerates that are controlling the market. Is there a
nationwide organization that we could work with?


For starters:


The Institute for Agriculture and trade Policy
http://www.iatp.org/

The Organization for Competitive Markets
http://www.competitivemarkets.com/
their book "A Food and Agriculture Policy for the 21st Century" is worth a look.
Food First
http://www.foodfirst.org/

Organic Consumers Association
http://www.purefood.org/

Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/


A lot of these orgs. are caught up in the biotech "battle" right now, but they all recognize powerful agribusiness as the principle opponent in that battle.

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Martin Heller
Research Fellow
Center for Sustainable Systems
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
Dana Building
430 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115
(734) 936-2637

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We must understand
"that the structure of agriculture in this or any other country is not
an evolutional or inevitable process, but a socially constructed
arrangement of institutions, rules and relationships. The organization
of agriculture today has resulted solely from decisions made by
people, and can be altered and reorganized if enough people
wish to alter or reorganize it."

- Rick Welsh, 1997. "Reorganizing U.S. Agriculture." Greenbelt, MD:
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture.

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  • organizations fighting agribusiness, Martin Heller, 01/09/2001

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