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ment it operates as an open laboratory experimenting with human scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation maverick farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by industrial agriculture and flavorless food the project arose out of springhouse farm which for 30 years sold hand picked vegetables to local restaurants maverick farms is continuing with that tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers and consumers they just started a new program that they call farm incubator and grower program fig on mentoring aspiring young farmers and teaching them over the course of two years all that great stuff you need to know about planning crop rotations and balancing farm budgets and running a csa and restaurant supply business on successful completion of the training maverick works with the young farmers gain access to land financing equipment and a ready made markets to launch their own farm enterprises the program will hopefully help to reestablish local food sources in the area because viable local food systems are often constrained by a lack of both land under cultivation and new farmers fig will collaborate with local landowners land trusts and town and county governments to identify land that could be rented at below market rates or deeded as common agricultural property i found maverick farms from this grist article grist is great for all environmental news may 21 2008 irony of bush veto on farm bill posted by beetknits under agribusiness food policy tags 2008 agribusiness bush bush administration capital area food bank comfood congress factory farm family farm farm bill farm policy food bank food policy food security george w bush hunger politics president bush senate small business small farm small scale farming subsidies veto washington dc white house leave a comment in a rapid rebuke of president bush s efforts for fiscal restraint the house voted to override his veto today of a 307 billion farm bill and the senate was poised to follow suit thursday only hours before the house s 316 108 vote bush had vetoed the five year measure saying it was an unnecessary gift to midland farmers at the expense of taxpayers and gave too much money to wealthy farmers when farm incomes are high the veto was the 10th of bush s presidency congress so far has overridden him once on a water projects bill in quick vote house overrides bush veto of farm bill sf chronicle empty shelves at the capital area food bank in washington dc cafb has seen a 37 percent increase over last year in the demand for the hungar lifeline an emergency food assistance program at the same time the bank is facing a 25 percent decrease in produce donated during the 3rd quarter of this year versus 2005 on behalf of the 25 million americans that we serve i commend the house of representatives for its leadership in taking one more step to enact a farm bill that will help hungry americans said vicki escarra president and chief executive officer of america s second harvest the nation s food bank network there is nothing more important right now to low income americans and the nation s food banks food pantries and soup kitchens than bringing a strong nutrition title in a new farm bill to every community nationwide in a recent survey of 180 food banks respondents reported an increase of 15 20 percent on average in the number of people turning to their food banks food pantries and soup kitchens for help more than 90 percent of respondents reported that increasing food and fuel prices are primary driving forces in increasing demands further more than 80 percent of food bank respondents reported that they are unable to adequately meet the needs of increased demands for emergency food assistance without reducing the amount of food available to agencies or clients or cutting back operations america s second harvest applauds house override of president s veto taken from the community food security coalition listserve on may 21 2008 the irony of a bush farm bill veto katherine ozer national family farm coalition president bush s veto of the 2008 farm bill further adds to the bewildering debate around it confusing advocates for progressive policies that support sustainable family farmers instead of factory farms and corporate agribusiness he has been quoted as saying lawmakers were not doing enough to limit payments to wealthy landowners many of whom don t farm this message comes from an administration that has championed payments and programs benefiting not only wealthy landowners but corporate agribusiness exporters the livestock industry food processors and grain traders at every step we agree that loopholes for those who don t farm whether land investors or mcmansion developers should be closed but limiting which farms can participate in farm and conservation programs due to off farm income is not the answer the bush administration is virtually silent on the real bad actors contributing to our broken industrial food system they get a free pass why don t they care that owners of mega dairy and livestock operations can tap up to 300 000 in taxpayer subsidies to clean up their pollution through the environmental quality incentives program eqip or that bush s justice department appears poised to approve the pending jbs brazil acquisition of two of the top five beef packing companies in the u s that will make a brazilian company the largest beef packer in the u s and the world which threatens the livelihoods of virtually all america s ranchers the bush administration while touting an anti subsidy line for wealthy farmers has irresponsibly and continually ignored what would be responsible measures to stabilize commodity prices for farmers an effective government policy that includes a strategic food reserve to help stabilize volatile food prices for consumers a price floor reflecting the true costs of production for farmers and meaningful conservation and land stewardship programs without policies that ensure farmers receive a fair market price not just in times of crisis or through misguided demand driven policies like ethanol production taxpayer supported payments or subsidies become essential to cushion low prices and to avert widespread foreclosures and rural community shutdowns for these reasons the national family farm coalition does not support the commodity title of this farm bill the administration has opposed the decade long efforts of senator grassley and others supporting real structural market reforms and to restore competition in livestock markets to provide independent family livestock operators fair access to their markets this competition is being blocked by increasing market concentration with four companies controlling 80 per cent of the meat slaughtered in the u s responding to questions on the rise of global food prices during an april 29 white house press conference president bush stated that we should buy food from local farmers as a way to help deal with scarcity but also to put in place an infrastructure so that nations can be self sustaining and self supporting this is the correct position on international food aid and one with which we agree yet it is ironic that the bush administration s continued support for free trade and the wto has contributed to the crisis by dismantling the domestic food production in many of these countries on may 2 president bush advocated lifting restrictions on exports and concluding the doha round of the wto to help solve the world s food crisis he further stressed the cultivation of genetically engineered crops under the false pretense that they resist extreme weather conditions and increase yields this message in the midst of the farm bill negotiations helps explain the administration s position on the bill they truly care more about completing the doha round than enacting sensible domestic farm policy it is ironic that the direct farm payments most criticized by the san francisco chronicle the editorial boards of the new york times and the washington post are the payments explicitly allowed under the world trade organization wto i e payments that are decoupled and delinked from production it has never been more critical to the survival of millions around the world that we define the problem correctly and pursue a solution that builds food sovereignty while higher prices for grain seed and fertilizer fueled by speculative trading practices contribute to escalating food prices the significant role of diesel fuel prices in both the farm production and distribution systems must be addressed at domestic and global levels the excessive corporate profiteering of oil and grain companies must be exposed and curtailed we need to re establish programs and policies that authorize farmer and country control over agricultural production systems including the right to limit low cost imports that destabilize local agrarian based economies this is an essential step to stabilizing the farm and food economy globally it must start with the people and the communities on the ground not with corporate agribusiness misguided free trade agreements oil companies and ge seed representatives what do you think should the farm bill be vetoed or not below i ve listed a couple of websites that might help you figure out what you think click here to read to presidential farm bill veto message other articles about the farm bill siding with the bushies from grist ag observatory farm bill website food banks urge passage of historic farm bill to help hungry americans may 21 2008 cbc s dispatches reports on food crisis city farming uganda ghana posted by beetknits under food crisis food policy hunger international urban agriculture urban planning tags 100 mile diet africa food crisis food security international international development research centre local food uganda urban agriculture west africa leave a comment linked by michael levenston at city farmer info idrc photo monica rucki urban farming in accra while we in the urban west congratulate ourselves on innovations like the 100 mile diet and eating food raised close to home much of africa has been quietly surviving on the 100 metre version their produce isn t trucked halfway across the continent some of it grows in greenspace hacked right out of city landscapes that s why you ll see lettuce under power lines and cassavas in the culverts but harvesting the cities may not just be practical in times of soaring food prices it might help make the difference between a stable society and civil unrest so you have to wonder why is it still such a struggle canadian journalist kim brunhuber began his quest for answers in uganda listen to kim s story on dispatches see contents may 12 18 2008 11 minutes 33 seconds books about african urban agriculture urban agriculture in west africa contributing to food security and urban sanitation cities feeding people an examination of urban agriculture in east africa may 19 2008 urban fruit gleaning posted by beetknits under oregon urban agriculture urban fruit trees urban planning vids pics and clips tags anti hunger city cooking up a story food security free food fruit fruit trees gleaning hunger oregon portland portland or urban agriculture urban farmer urban farming urban fruit gleaning urban garden urban planning video leave a comment portland fruit tree project provides a valuable service that helps communities benefit directly from local resources fresh fruit that grows on neighborhood trees is collected by volunteers and dropped off at local food banks for distribution to those in need the great thing about this program is beneficial to their health may 18 2008 a multipronged approach to ensuring food security posted by beetknits under food crisis food policy hunger poverty urban agriculture urban planning tags allotment anti hunger city farm city farmer city farming city garden community crops development farmer food crisis food policy food prices food security food system foodshed hunger idrc international development research centre poor poverty subsistence gardening sustainability sustainable agriculure sustainable food un united nations urban agriculture urban farm urban farming vegetable garden watershed world food summit leave a comment from innovations report 14 05 2008 in 1996 180 nations including canada met in rome for the world food summit wfs to discuss ways to end hunger nations pledged to eradicate hunger and committed themselves to a basic target reducing the number of undernourished people by half by 2015 five years later they reaffirmed their commitment to meeting the goals set out in the rome declaration on world food security and the world food summit plan of action in the rome declaration nations committed themselves to ensuring an enabling environment and implementing policies to eradicate poverty and guarantee access to sufficient safe food to all they also agreed to promote a fair world trade system and to work to prevent natural disasters and other emergencies that threaten food security they further agreed to promote the use of public and private investments in ways that foster human resources and sustainable development idrc s programs and the research it funds contribute to meeting these commitments idrc believes that poverty alleviation food security and environmental sustainability go hand in hand it also believes that effectively addressing these interlinked challenges requires working actively with the main actors from farmers to researchers to government officials while this is the thrust of all of idrc s programs two contribute most directly to increasing food supplies rural poverty and environment rpe and urban poverty and environment upe a multidisciplinary approach in rural areas idrc supports research that focuses on the needs of the poor who live in fragile or degraded ecosystems this can take many forms from promoting participatory plant breeding of staple crops as a means to conserve biodiversity and recognize farmers knowledge read more seeds that give link below to supporting collaborative management of natural resources such as watersheds and community forests research also seeks to support land tenure reforms and improve access to natural resources and focuses on how the poor can improve their livelihoods while better managing natural resources in a context of market liberalization and integration efforts to ensure that research is relevant to the need of farmers have met with success in many areas for example in viet nam idrc supported research has demonstrated that community based natural resource management cbnrm concepts and processes such as farmer to farmer methods can be successful in reducing poverty at the commune level the overall goal has been to develop and support processes that will reach and build sustainable livelihoods for a greater number of the poorest in upland 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