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Food Policy

Government Shutdown is a Crisis for the Right, and Could Be an Opportunity for Small Farmers

thesecondchance 9 October, 2013 Government Shutdown is a Crisis for the Right, and Could Be an Opportunity for Small Farmers2013-11-06T20:49:39+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
It’s an old saying that within every crisis there is opportunity. Recently, journalists have taken to quoting former White-House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s statement that “You never let...
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Food Policy

The Monsanto Protection Act – We’re Happy to See It Go!

thesecondchance 27 September, 2013 The Monsanto Protection Act – We’re Happy to See It Go!2013-11-06T20:50:02+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
Food justice activists won a victory this week as the United States Senate voted not to extend the “Monsanto Protection #8221; The act is set to expire on September...
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Agroecology

Kroul Farms, Farming the Family Way

thesecondchance 18 September, 2013 Kroul Farms, Farming the Family Way2015-01-15T22:18:18+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
Between 2002 and 2007, the total number of farms in the United States increased by 4 percent, the first increase in the number of farms since 1935. A growing...
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Uncategorized

Remembering Jessie De La Cruz: farm worker, organizer, and activist

thesecondchance 5 September, 2013 Remembering Jessie De La Cruz: farm worker, organizer, and activist2015-01-15T22:18:27+00:00 Uncategorized No Comment
This past weekend the United States lost Jessie De La Cruz, one of the early leaders of the United Farm Workers whose historic movement for farm worker justice won...
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Family Farming

What About Food For People? – the US Farm Bill and the Rural Economy

thesecondchance 8 July, 2013 What About Food For People? – the US Farm Bill and the Rural Economy2015-01-15T22:18:39+00:00 Family Farming No Comment
Conservative Republicans in the US House of Representatives remain unconcerned with the needs of the American people as they argue to split the Farm Bill in two. They are...
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Food Policy

The Green Revolution Changed the Way the World Thinks about Agriculture, to Rely Exclusively on Chemical Inputs

thesecondchance 26 June, 2013 The Green Revolution Changed the Way the World Thinks about Agriculture, to Rely Exclusively on Chemical Inputs2013-11-27T20:31:08+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
When the Green Revolution spread from the to the Third World in the 1960s and 70s, it also spread a paradigm for thinking about agriculture. This paradigm excluded...
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Food Policy

Keep Your Eyes on the House – Farm Bill 2013

thesecondchance 20 June, 2013 Keep Your Eyes on the House – Farm Bill 20132013-11-06T20:25:50+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
This week, the House of representatives will be debating the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. The bill is the latest of the bills passed...
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Food Sovereignty

Food Sovereignty – Resiting Land Grabs in Mozambique

thesecondchance 14 June, 2013 Food Sovereignty – Resiting Land Grabs in Mozambique2013-11-06T20:38:38+00:00 Food Sovereignty No Comment
From a distance, the rural land in Chiure district of Mozambique, appears un-groomed and uncared for, but, as Hazel Haley explains in her article in the May issue of...
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Sustainable Development and Local Knowledge in Niger

thesecondchance 29 May, 2013 Sustainable Development and Local Knowledge in Niger2013-11-06T20:42:05+00:00 Sustainable Agriculture No Comment
In the 1960s and 70s, the world heralded the coming of the Green Revolution. This so called “revolution”  was made by exporting the technology of industrial agriculture and the...
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A Reply

thesecondchance 29 April, 2013 A Reply2013-04-29T21:34:47+00:00 Uncategorized No Comment
It is not easy for many small and medium-sized farmers to transition from industrial, high-input methods to sustainable, low-input methods. This transition would require expensive investments in order to...
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