Slow Food USA is offering a free, online panel discussion about meat that it's framing as a way to begin talking about the 2023 Farm Bill. Join us to examine the impacts of industrial-scale livestock production. We’ll hear perspectives from small-scale farmers and ranchers, humane animal husbandry, regenerative environmental practices, climate impact, and meat and … Continue reading What’s the Beef?
Tag: Chellie Pingree
Agriculture Resilience Act
This bill, introduced by Chellie Pingree, is dead this session, but bills that fail aren't necessarily gone. They can be reintroduced, sometimes modified in ways that make them more passable. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition considers the bill one of the good things that happened in agriculture in 2020, so it's something I'd like to … Continue reading Agriculture Resilience Act
Lobbyists
This arrived with my email today, as part of an announcement for a series of virtual talks with more than 50 prominent organic farmers, scientists, and climate activists. Chellie Pingree, quoted above and said to be under consideration for Biden's secretary of agriculture, is one of the speakers . You can read more about the symposium by following … Continue reading Lobbyists
Acorns and Alligators 