Farm bill update: good news first

There’s good news and there’s bad news out of the U.S. House of Representatves Committee on Agriculture. The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) passed by a bipartisan 35-11 vote. The committee rejected amendments to alter the no-cost sugar program and also voted not to remove the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) from [...]

Posted on July 12th, 2012 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Childhood Hunger, Clean Energy, Farm Bill 2012, Farms & Farmers, Food, Food Safety, Nutrition, Rural Issues | 1 Comment »

Global Warming Crisis: China Gets It

By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson In Tianjin, China, this week, 3,000 participants from 176 nations are meeting to prepare for the United Nations annual Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The two-week event is slated this year for November 29 to December 10 in Cancun, Mexico. Compared to the cost and sheer hugeness of the 2008 [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Clean Energy, Climate Change, Global Warming | 2 Comments »