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West Eugene Wetlands Project -- Memo 2
Initial sign-up in Oregon in 1994 drew 60 applications, resulted in funding for ... period beginning in late May. Because it only applies to lands used for commodity crop production, the Wetlands Reserve Program has limited potential in coastal areas, where agriculture is ...
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Organic View: A publication of the Organic Consumers Association
Fast! OCA Lobbies for Sustainable Agriculture Consumers Demand an End to Disastrous Cotton and Crop Subsidies In Memoriam: Lois Frances Mentele Werner, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Activist Spring 2005 - PDF · ... Zones Throughout the Americas 4. Millions Against Monsanto 5. The End of Massive Cotton Subsidies? 6. Bush Stopping Protection of the Ozone Layer 7. OCA Introduces Organic Coupon Collection ...
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ACTION ALERT: Save Conservation Funding-Call Sen. Norm Coleman by Nov. 3
Instead of enacting payment limits on excessive commodity crop subsidies, Committee Chair Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) led a charge to slash conservation programs ... on commodity crop subsidies as proposed by Sen. Grassley. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), however, has indicated so far that he is following Georgia Sen. Chambliss’ lead and opposing crop subsidy ...
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ACTION ALERT: Save Nutrition & Conservation Funding in October Call Sen. Norm Coleman by Thursday, Oct. 6
Senator Dayton’s stand on this issue. Payment limits, which will scale back excessive commodity crop subsidies, are a critical issue now because of the 2006 budget reconciliation, in which $3 ... at marks@landstewardshipproject.org. Background Included in the ag budget are not only the commodity crop subsidies (primarily for the five favored crops of cotton, corn, rice, soybeans and wheat), but ...
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Sustainable Agriculture Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 1995
St. Paul, MN 55108, (612) 625-1705. Farm Policy Needs Major Reform, Article Says Crop subsidies should be discarded, most production controls cut and foreign trade expanded to overhaul ... crop price and income supports in favor of a single farm income safety net, which slashes budget obligations and removes these programs from the entitlement category altogether. Money saved by cutting crop subsidies ...
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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Chapter8. Restoring the Earth Forest growth lumber harvesting timber erosion soil conservation water table water needs nature fishery decline regenerating fisheries protecting plant
The only soil disturbance is the ... provide economic incentives or require farm soil conservation plans for farmers to be eligible for crop subsidies. Recent FAO reports describe the early growth in no-till farming over the last few ...
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American Farmland Trust
Congress “to provide more money for everything from crop subsidies and conservation payments to disaster aid and biofuels development.” This Des Moines Register ... Bankers Association meeting, adding to the growing number of public and academic voices saying farm subsidies are no longer necessary. He cites the growing renewable fuels sector and rising land ...
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New Rules Project - Agriculture - Cutting Corporate Subsidies
Consequently a small number of concentrated farms receive the lion's share of subsidies. Payments to farmers under federal farm programs have reached an historic high - over ... Banning Corporate Ownership Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) GMO Crop Production Ban Northeast Dairy Compact Federal Rules Cutting Corporate Subsidies Double Price Labeling Expanding Local Markets Merger Moratoriums ...
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Put farm subsidies out to pasture
These crop eligibility restrictions also undermine the second justification for subsidies: alleviating farmer poverty. If that were the purpose, there would be no reason to favor one crop over ... are harmed. Excluded from most subsidies, they must endure the lower crop prices, higher farmland costs, and industry consolidation that result from subsidies to agribusiness. Lawmakers would be hard- ...
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DEVELOPMENT: Agricultural Subsidies Lock-In Coffee Farmers - Report
Coffee > DEVELOPMENT: Agricultural Subsidies Lock-In Coffee Farmers ... DEVELOPMENT: Agricultural Subsidies Lock-In Coffee Farmers - Report IPS Inter Press Service March 11, 2004 Emad Mekay DEVELOPMENT: Agricultural Subsidies Lock-In ... reportedly started taking their own lives. "It goes without saying that with a crop of such significance for some countries, the destabilising effect of the price ...
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