More info on the Farm Bill

Got three great emails about the Farm Bill and I sent one myself!!

My sister in law Sheri sent me a link to the Community Food Security Coalition who have tons of great information on the farm bill and the activism around it. On the recommendation of that group, I wrote to our great Senator Leahy to thank him for his support of Community Food Projects in the Farm Bill. Thank you Senator Leahy!

Sheri also forwarded me a link to a report posted by the National Farmers Union finding that the top four companies in the beef, pork, poultry, flour milling, and soybean crushing sectors controlled more than 40% of the market, which is the limit at which economists say that competition starts to decline. That report can be accessed here.

Stephanie, a blog reader from Delaware, recommended Barbara Kingsolver's site, which does have a good summary of the issues in the Farm Bill and tons of resources on food policy, but also has lots of great recipes!! Might have to raid some of those for the fall CSA . . . Thank you Stephanie!!

Last but by no means least, tomorrow is Nationwide Commit to Conservation Call-in Day when groups like the American Farmland Trust are trying to get as many people as possible to call their senators and ask for at least $5 billion in additional funding for conservation programs to be added to the Farm Bill. I'm going to call. Thanks JDLA for the tip!!