Wendell Berry Delivers Jefferson Lecture

Long time agriculture advocate offers his views to the New York Times and Washington DC policy makers:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/wendell-berry-american-hero/

Posted in Farm-to-Consumer Foundation News on May 4, 2012 by Jenie

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February 4, 2013 by Jenie

This article posted today on Grist comments on one of last night’s Super Bowl big ads, an advertisement for the perpetuation that “all is well on the farm”. Read more.

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Grass-fed Beef is Reshaping Ag and Helping the Planet

February 3, 2013 by Jenie

From our friends at Grist: Upping the steaks: How grass-fed beef is reshaping ag and helping the planet is a great article on grass-fed beef and some of the hurdles that producers must address when managing pastures and the needs of our animals on pasture. Cost of the product is higher but so is the [...]

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FTCF at the 2012 National FFA Convention

October 29, 2012 by Jenie

The 85th annual FFA National Convention was held in Indianapolis Indiana October 24 through October 27. Nearly 60,000 FFA members and teachers attended the convention from every state including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. There were 380 exhibitors at this year’s convention ranging from all the land grant colleges, pharmaceutical companies, agribusiness and manufacturing representatives. [...]

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Share Your Local Food Photos!

September 17, 2012 by Jenie

Share photos of your favorite farmers market, farm or restaurant! We are looking for your photos that showcase food produced using sustainable practices and photos of those who grow, prepare and eat responsibly produced food. Photos will be collected on our Facebook page, and some will be featured on our new website. We support sustainable [...]

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Welcome to Dystopia! by Jeremy Grantham (taken from the Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. July 2012 Quarterly letter)

September 7, 2012 by Jenie

“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.” – Kenneth Boulding, Economist To read more, click here.

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Mid-Year Update from the FTCF President

July 18, 2012 by Jenie

Continued support from people like you has allowed the Foundation to create and continue to deliver critical educational programs that are vital to the sustainability of the local food movement, quality food production, protection of rights to purchase direct from the producer and recruitment efforts for new producers to meet the growing demand of quality locally produced [...]

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Nutrient Density Track at the NOFA Summer Conference

June 15, 2012 by Jenie

The 38th Annual NOFA Summer Conference will be held August 10-12, 2012 at UMass Amherst. This year there will be two keynote speakers, 200+ Workshops, 100+ Exhibitors and Vendors, a Children’s Conference, a Teen Conference, Saturday Country Fair, Live Entertainment, Teacup Raffle, an ALL-LOCAL dinner. Stay on campus in the dorms or camp in a [...]

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Pushing for local food in the farm bill: An interview with Chellie Pingree

June 7, 2012 by Director

From our good friends at Grist! The massive food directive known as the Farm Bill is getting some very needed attention from those who actually know where their food comes from. Direct welfare like payments to farmers for commodity crop production (corn, soy, cotton and wheat) might get cut, but the money will be paid to farmers in an expanded crop insurance plan. [...]

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Monthly Dose of Food Safety News

May 11, 2012 by Jenie

Anyone who visits this site is probably aware of outbreaks of illness due to raw milk. We thought we would share the other multiple outbreaks you probably have not heard of. Where does your food come from? Outbreak News 05/03 – A Nasty Smorgasbord – E. coli Raw Milk, Salmonella Tuna Scrape and Salmonella Tempeh 05/03 [...]

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