Posts Tagged ‘Farm Bill’
INSIDE ORGANIC: Big Push Underway to Make Organic Farming a 2007 Farm Bill Priority (Jan 06)
by Roger Blobaum · Inside Organics · MOSES Broadcaster · Jan/Feb 2006 Organizations involved in national organic food and farming policymaking are gearing up in the coming months to convince Congress to expand support for the organic sector in the rewrite of farm bill provisions that expire in 2007. This provides an opportunity for…
Read MorePublic Input to the National Organic Standards Board 1993
Statement by Roger Blobaum, Public Input Session, National Organic Standards Board, Kutztown, Pennsylvania May 16, 1993 Mr. Chairman and members of the board, my name is Roger Blobaum and I have a small consulting firm that provides professional services to organic and sustainable agriculture organizations. I have been involved in the development of organic agriculture…
Read MoreArticle Published in “The Network Quarterly” – Farmers, Consumers, and Agribusiness | 1976
Volume 4, Number 4, Fall 1976, by Roger Blobaum Probably no other nation had a stronger commitment to a system of family-operated farms and ranches than the United States prior to World War II. The Homestead Act was only one of many laws enacted to carry out the agrarian policies of Jefferson and others who…
Read MoreBook Chapter in “Food For People, Not For Profit” – Wresting Agriculture from Corporate Farmers | 1975
Publisher: Ballantine Books; March 12, 1975 Wresting Agriculture from Corporate Farmers by Roger Blobaum The issue of corporate involvement in agriculture and concentration of land ownership is the farm policy issue of the 1970’s . . . A recent Minneapolis Tribune poll showed 76 percent of the people saying they consider the family farm an efficient…
Read MoreStatement by Roger Blobaum Before Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy Of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Land Ownership And Control | 1974
January 29, 1974 Mr. Chairman, I appreciated very much your invitation to participate in this series of hearings on foreign investments in land, grain terminals, packing plants, and other facilities in this country. Although my work as a consultant involves several policy areas, I have concentrated on the issue of land ownership and control, particularly…
Read MoreSpecial Report published in “The Link Newsletter” – The Family Farm Versus Agribusiness: Will the Corporations Take Over Food Production? | 1973
Connects Ideas and Services for People in Pastoral and Community Ministry SPECIAL REPORT, by Roger Blobaum AUGUST 20, 1973 The Family Farm Vs. Agribusiness: Will Corporations Take Over Food Production? The family farm, an institution that has made American agriculture the most productive in the world and kept the land in the hands of…
Read MoreRemarks at the Land Reform Conference San Francisco | 1973
Roger Blobaum April 26, 1973 I have been asked to report on the impact of corporate involvement in agriculture in the Midwest. The assignment is rather broad because the Midwest is difficult to define, even for us who live there.
Read MoreSpeech at the Catholic Rural Life Conference on Corporate Farming Issues | 1973
Roger Blobaum, Kansas City, Kansas, January 23, 1973 I want to commend the Catholic bishops on their statement last November challenging the concept of expanding agricultural conglomerates and affirming a commitment to widely-diffused ownership of land.
Read MoreStatement to the Subcommittee on Monopoly, Senate Small Business Committee | 1971
By Roger Blobaum, 301 West Seneca Street, Creston, Iowa November 23, 1971 I appreciate this opportunity to appear at these hearings, to discuss the movement of conglomerates, integrators and other corporations into agriculture, and to suggest ways to document this corporate activity and bring it to the attention of those who should do something about…
Read MoreFARM BILL: Testimony On Long-Term Cropland Adjustment | 1965
STATEMENT OF SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON TO SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE ON S. 1702, A BILL FOR A LONG-TERM CROPLAND ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM TO ASSIST PRODUCERS IN DIVERTING CROPLAND TO CONSERVATION USES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — June 30, 1965 Summary: Testimony statement of Senator Gaylord Nelson to Senate Agriculture committee on S. 1702, a bill…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Gaylord Nelson’s Plan To Use Small “Wildlife Service Payments” | 1965
SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON 404 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. PHONE: 225-5325 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summary: WASHINGTON, D. C. — The farm bill sent to the White House today includes Senator Gaylord Nelson’s plan to use small “wildlife service payments” to open several million acres of idle farmland for hunting and other recreation.
Read MoreINSIDE ORGANIC: Farm Bill Includes Significant Gains for Organic Farming But Falls Far Short of Achieving an Organic ‘Fair Share’ (July/Aug 08)
by Roger Blobaum · Inside Organics · July/Aug 2008 The five-year farm bill that survived a relentless attack on farm subsidy payments and a Presidential veto before becoming law includes important organic farming advances and improvements and higher funding levels for organic programs. Overall, however, the $307 billion initiative does not go nearly far enough…
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