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The Real Reason Rural Voters Choose Fascism...
Rural Americans often cast their votes for the very politicians that will ultimately destroy their way of life. Why? One caller has a theory you won’t believe and he shares it with Thom Hartmann...
Rural Americans often cast their votes for the very politicians that will ultimately destroy their way of life. Why? One caller has a theory you won’t believe and he shares it with Thom Hartmann...
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Mine is a family of dairy farmers on both sides. They are asset rich but cash poor. To a man they don't like the government Interfering in their lives. Having said that, they love the government subsidies they receive whether it is for milk or crops or leaving ground unplanted. Today, it is go big or get out as the government no longer protects farmers from big agribusiness
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CPL LaForest Gray
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“In the past, the research has found that not only do facts fail to sway minds, but they can sometimes produce what's known as a "backfire effect," leaving people even more stubborn and sure of their preexisting belief.”
Breadcrumb
Trade Agreements Free Trade Agreements United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Agreement highlights include:
• Creating a more level playing field for American workers, including improved rules of origin for automobiles, trucks, other products, and disciplines on currency manipulation.
• Benefiting American farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses by modernizing and strengthening food and agriculture trade in North America.
• Supporting a 21st Century economy through new protections for U.S. intellectual property, and ensuring opportunities for trade in U.S. services.
• New chapters covering Digital Trade, Anticorruption, and Good Regulatory Practices, as well as a chapter devoted to ensuring that Small and Medium Sized Enterprises benefit from the Agreement.
SOURCE : https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/united-states-mexico-canada-agreement
The Wall : MEXICO is NOT paying for the boarder wall.
1.) Is Mexico Paying for the Wall Through USMCA?
By Robert Farley
Posted on December 14, 2018
President Donald Trump declared via Twitter that he is keeping perhaps his most famous campaign promise, claiming that “MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!” through a recent trade agreement negotiated with Mexico.
Economic and trade experts we interviewed said that’s not possible.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement was signed by the leaders of all three countries on Nov. 30, but it still must be ratified by all three governments. It represents an arguably slightly better deal for the U.S. than its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement, experts told us, but not enough to translate to federal revenues that would pay for the border wall, and shouldn’t be construed as Mexican payments, anyway.
SOURCE : https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/is-mexico-paying-for-the-wall-through-usmca/
2.) There’s a hidden cost in Trump’s new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
By Cristina Bodea, Andrew Kerner, Fangjin Ye
January 2, 2019 at 6:00 AM
SOURCE : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/02/theres-a-hidden-cost-in-trumps-new-trade-agreement-with-canada-and-mexico/
3.) No, Mexico isn't paying for border wall through USMCA trade deal, despite Donald Trump's claims
By Miriam Valverde on Friday, January 4th, 2019 at 3:19 p.m.
SOURCE : https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jan/04/donald-trump/no-usmca-trade-deal-wont-pay-border-wall-despite-d/
4.) Did Trump’s tariffs benefit American workers and national security?
* American firms and consumers paid the vast majority of the cost of Trump’s tariffs.
* While tariffs benefited some workers in import-competing industries, they hurt workers in sectors that rely on imported inputs and those in exporting industries facing retaliation from trade partners.
* Trump’s tariffs did not help the U.S. negotiate better trade agreements or significantly improve national security.
SOURCE : https://www.brookings.edu/articles/did-trumps-tariffs-benefit-american-workers-and-national-security/
Post 2 :
“In the past, the research has found that not only do facts fail to sway minds, but they can sometimes produce what's known as a "backfire effect," leaving people even more stubborn and sure of their preexisting belief.”
Breadcrumb
Trade Agreements Free Trade Agreements United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Agreement highlights include:
• Creating a more level playing field for American workers, including improved rules of origin for automobiles, trucks, other products, and disciplines on currency manipulation.
• Benefiting American farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses by modernizing and strengthening food and agriculture trade in North America.
• Supporting a 21st Century economy through new protections for U.S. intellectual property, and ensuring opportunities for trade in U.S. services.
• New chapters covering Digital Trade, Anticorruption, and Good Regulatory Practices, as well as a chapter devoted to ensuring that Small and Medium Sized Enterprises benefit from the Agreement.
SOURCE : https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/united-states-mexico-canada-agreement
The Wall : MEXICO is NOT paying for the boarder wall.
1.) Is Mexico Paying for the Wall Through USMCA?
By Robert Farley
Posted on December 14, 2018
President Donald Trump declared via Twitter that he is keeping perhaps his most famous campaign promise, claiming that “MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!” through a recent trade agreement negotiated with Mexico.
Economic and trade experts we interviewed said that’s not possible.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement was signed by the leaders of all three countries on Nov. 30, but it still must be ratified by all three governments. It represents an arguably slightly better deal for the U.S. than its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement, experts told us, but not enough to translate to federal revenues that would pay for the border wall, and shouldn’t be construed as Mexican payments, anyway.
SOURCE : https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/is-mexico-paying-for-the-wall-through-usmca/
2.) There’s a hidden cost in Trump’s new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
By Cristina Bodea, Andrew Kerner, Fangjin Ye
January 2, 2019 at 6:00 AM
SOURCE : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/02/theres-a-hidden-cost-in-trumps-new-trade-agreement-with-canada-and-mexico/
3.) No, Mexico isn't paying for border wall through USMCA trade deal, despite Donald Trump's claims
By Miriam Valverde on Friday, January 4th, 2019 at 3:19 p.m.
SOURCE : https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jan/04/donald-trump/no-usmca-trade-deal-wont-pay-border-wall-despite-d/
4.) Did Trump’s tariffs benefit American workers and national security?
* American firms and consumers paid the vast majority of the cost of Trump’s tariffs.
* While tariffs benefited some workers in import-competing industries, they hurt workers in sectors that rely on imported inputs and those in exporting industries facing retaliation from trade partners.
* Trump’s tariffs did not help the U.S. negotiate better trade agreements or significantly improve national security.
SOURCE : https://www.brookings.edu/articles/did-trumps-tariffs-benefit-american-workers-and-national-security/
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1, 2020. The USMCA, which substituted the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a mutually beneficial win for North American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. The Agreement creates more balanced, reciprocal trade supporting high-paying jobs for Americans and grow the North American economy. Agreement highlights include:
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CPL LaForest Gray
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Here’s the FACT of the Achilles' Heel/Trojan Horse of it all -
“When did China and the US become enemies?
1950: Korean War”
Yet the following facts are ongoing and why I state it as both an Achilles' Heel/Trojan Horse based on the following FACTS.
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The U.S. Government via All its Checks & Balances, from All political parties, from local to state to federal U.S. government agencies have been APPROVING & AUTHORIZING the sell of both land and water as “ Open To The Public” legislation exist … instead of people arguing and pointing fingers, follow the legal documentation.
1.) China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down.
Bipartisan pressure is building to stop foreign nationals from purchasing American farm operations and receiving taxpayer subsidies.
SOURCE :
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/china-buying-us-farms-foreign-purchase-499893
2.) Foreign-owned land accounts for about 2.7% of all U.S. farmland and forest land, which, according to the Department of Agriculture, is about 897 million acres.
That data also shows that the approximately 190,000 acres of farmland owned by Chinese interests has remained virtually unchanged since
“Lawmakers worried that China could gain control over the U.S. food system through land purchases are looking to curb the nation's grip on American farmland, despite no evidence of a recent spike in land sales to Chinese interests, according to an Agri-Pulse analysis of Agriculture Department data.
The most recent data collected under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) shows Chinese investors held a little more than half of 1% of the overall 35.8 million acres of U.S. farmland and forest land under foreign ownership in 2019. Foreign-owned land accounts for about 2.7% of all U.S. farmland and forest land, which, according to the Department of Agriculture, is about 897 million acres.
That data also shows that the approximately 190,000 acres of farmland owned by Chinese interests has remained virtually unchanged since 2013. However, the USDA’s data on foreign farmland ownership is two years old, so Chinese investors could own more or less land than the numbers reflect. Additionally, complex company ownership structures and problems with USDA enforcement of the reporting act, as reported by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting in 2017, may mean those numbers are not accurate or up to date.”
SOURCE :
https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/16846-despite-holding-little-us-land-china-remains-focus-of-foreign-farmland-ownership-discussion
A.) Environment International
Volume 121, Part 1, December 2018, Pages 178-188
Evolution of China's water footprint and virtual water trade: A global trade assessment
Highlights
•
China's water footprint with its trade partners is investigated.
Three specific water footprints named Green, Blue and Grey are considered.
China represented 11.22% of the global water footprint in 1995 and 13.57% in 2009.
China mainly imports water footprints from the USA, India and Brazil.
China mainly exports water to the USA, Japan and Germany.
SOURCE :
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S [login to see] 314582
B.) December 03, 2021 - 04:30 PM EST
American supply chains face a dire threat from China's water shortages
“Water - or rather, the lack of it in China - may be the factor that pushes U.S. supply chains over the edge.
Water is an unseen, vital input for all economic activity. Beyond agriculture, water is critical for power generation, mining, industry and the consumer products we rely on every single day. Like the estimated 3000 gallons of water that it takes to make the typical smartphone.
As it turns out, China is drastically short of the water it needs to maintain its economy. China's per capita water availability is one-quarter of the global average, and nearly 700 million of its citizens live in regions considered highly water-stressed. Meanwhile, groundwater depletion has been so significant in the areas around Beijing that parts of the city are falling into the earth by more than 14 centimeters a year.”
SOURCE :
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/584266-american-supply-chains-face-a-dire-threat-from-chinas-water?amp
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Here’s the FACT of the Achilles' Heel/Trojan Horse of it all -
“When did China and the US become enemies?
1950: Korean War”
Yet the following facts are ongoing and why I state it as both an Achilles' Heel/Trojan Horse based on the following FACTS.
——————————-
The U.S. Government via All its Checks & Balances, from All political parties, from local to state to federal U.S. government agencies have been APPROVING & AUTHORIZING the sell of both land and water as “ Open To The Public” legislation exist … instead of people arguing and pointing fingers, follow the legal documentation.
1.) China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down.
Bipartisan pressure is building to stop foreign nationals from purchasing American farm operations and receiving taxpayer subsidies.
SOURCE :
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/china-buying-us-farms-foreign-purchase-499893
2.) Foreign-owned land accounts for about 2.7% of all U.S. farmland and forest land, which, according to the Department of Agriculture, is about 897 million acres.
That data also shows that the approximately 190,000 acres of farmland owned by Chinese interests has remained virtually unchanged since
“Lawmakers worried that China could gain control over the U.S. food system through land purchases are looking to curb the nation's grip on American farmland, despite no evidence of a recent spike in land sales to Chinese interests, according to an Agri-Pulse analysis of Agriculture Department data.
The most recent data collected under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) shows Chinese investors held a little more than half of 1% of the overall 35.8 million acres of U.S. farmland and forest land under foreign ownership in 2019. Foreign-owned land accounts for about 2.7% of all U.S. farmland and forest land, which, according to the Department of Agriculture, is about 897 million acres.
That data also shows that the approximately 190,000 acres of farmland owned by Chinese interests has remained virtually unchanged since 2013. However, the USDA’s data on foreign farmland ownership is two years old, so Chinese investors could own more or less land than the numbers reflect. Additionally, complex company ownership structures and problems with USDA enforcement of the reporting act, as reported by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting in 2017, may mean those numbers are not accurate or up to date.”
SOURCE :
https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/16846-despite-holding-little-us-land-china-remains-focus-of-foreign-farmland-ownership-discussion
A.) Environment International
Volume 121, Part 1, December 2018, Pages 178-188
Evolution of China's water footprint and virtual water trade: A global trade assessment
Highlights
•
China's water footprint with its trade partners is investigated.
Three specific water footprints named Green, Blue and Grey are considered.
China represented 11.22% of the global water footprint in 1995 and 13.57% in 2009.
China mainly imports water footprints from the USA, India and Brazil.
China mainly exports water to the USA, Japan and Germany.
SOURCE :
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S [login to see] 314582
B.) December 03, 2021 - 04:30 PM EST
American supply chains face a dire threat from China's water shortages
“Water - or rather, the lack of it in China - may be the factor that pushes U.S. supply chains over the edge.
Water is an unseen, vital input for all economic activity. Beyond agriculture, water is critical for power generation, mining, industry and the consumer products we rely on every single day. Like the estimated 3000 gallons of water that it takes to make the typical smartphone.
As it turns out, China is drastically short of the water it needs to maintain its economy. China's per capita water availability is one-quarter of the global average, and nearly 700 million of its citizens live in regions considered highly water-stressed. Meanwhile, groundwater depletion has been so significant in the areas around Beijing that parts of the city are falling into the earth by more than 14 centimeters a year.”
SOURCE :
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/584266-american-supply-chains-face-a-dire-threat-from-chinas-water?amp
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Sgt Jim Belanus
a very true statement, I farmed my family farm for the last 25 years. Where ther were many like me on 3 to 5 quarters there are now 4 farms left and farming 25000 acres or more. While these farms were expanding, they drove up the price of land so a little guy was shut out. The workers of these mega farms came from the ranks of little guys. Now there are no more locals to work the farms and the new labor is coming from Mexico or south Africa . Doesn't make sense does it. The little guys cherished the soil the big guys mine it.
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CPL LaForest Gray
Sgt Jim Belanus It make sense. Control nature, natural resources through bogus rigged legislation. Control the health of the communities citizens via a pen and paper that people obey.
They’ve convinced the WORLD that we are running out of land, as the put up new homes and office buildings and prisons.
Fear and control of information …
1.) What is the Farm Bill?
The farm bill is a package of legislation passed roughly once every five years that has a tremendous impact on farming livelihoods, how food is grown, and what kinds of foods are grown. Covering programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families, from beginning farmer training to support for sustainable farming practices, the farm bill sets the stage for our food and farm systems.
The original farm bill(s) were enacted in three stages during the 1930s as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation. Its three original goals – to keep food prices fair for farmers and consumers, ensure an adequate food supply, and protect and sustain the country’s vital natural resources – responded to the economic and environmental crises of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. While the farm bill has changed in the last 70 years, its primary goals are the same.
Farm Bill Basics
1. WHAT DOES THE FARM BILL COVER?
2. WHO IN CONGRESS WRITES THE FARM BILL?
3. WHAT ISN’T IN THE FARM BILL?
4. HOW MUCH DOES THE FARM BILL COST?
5. HOW DOES THE FARM BILL PROCESS WORK?
6. FARM BILL WEBINARS
SOURCE : https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/
2.) They Pay Farmers Not to Grow Crops, Don’t They?
The U.S. farm program pays subsidies to farmers not to grow crops in environmentally sensitive areas and makes payments to farmers based on what they have grown historically, even though they may no longer grow that crop.
[ “The examples mentioned here vary widely. The Rotterdam experiment shows how technology can be used to recruit and then confirm behavior. While this system is performance-based and run by private operators, the financial incentive of as much as $6.50 (5 Euros) per AM trip seems quite high. The Stanford and Singapore rail examples offer much lower costs per trip, perhaps the chance to win more appeals to participants. The WSDOT program covers multiple urban centers in the state and thus is less direct in terms of geography and relies on matching funds from public and private partners.” ]
SOURCE : https://enotrans.org/article/pay-farmers-not-grow-crops-dont/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20farm%20program%20pays,no%20longer%20grow%20that%20crop.
They’ve convinced the WORLD that we are running out of land, as the put up new homes and office buildings and prisons.
Fear and control of information …
1.) What is the Farm Bill?
The farm bill is a package of legislation passed roughly once every five years that has a tremendous impact on farming livelihoods, how food is grown, and what kinds of foods are grown. Covering programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families, from beginning farmer training to support for sustainable farming practices, the farm bill sets the stage for our food and farm systems.
The original farm bill(s) were enacted in three stages during the 1930s as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation. Its three original goals – to keep food prices fair for farmers and consumers, ensure an adequate food supply, and protect and sustain the country’s vital natural resources – responded to the economic and environmental crises of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. While the farm bill has changed in the last 70 years, its primary goals are the same.
Farm Bill Basics
1. WHAT DOES THE FARM BILL COVER?
2. WHO IN CONGRESS WRITES THE FARM BILL?
3. WHAT ISN’T IN THE FARM BILL?
4. HOW MUCH DOES THE FARM BILL COST?
5. HOW DOES THE FARM BILL PROCESS WORK?
6. FARM BILL WEBINARS
SOURCE : https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/
2.) They Pay Farmers Not to Grow Crops, Don’t They?
The U.S. farm program pays subsidies to farmers not to grow crops in environmentally sensitive areas and makes payments to farmers based on what they have grown historically, even though they may no longer grow that crop.
[ “The examples mentioned here vary widely. The Rotterdam experiment shows how technology can be used to recruit and then confirm behavior. While this system is performance-based and run by private operators, the financial incentive of as much as $6.50 (5 Euros) per AM trip seems quite high. The Stanford and Singapore rail examples offer much lower costs per trip, perhaps the chance to win more appeals to participants. The WSDOT program covers multiple urban centers in the state and thus is less direct in terms of geography and relies on matching funds from public and private partners.” ]
SOURCE : https://enotrans.org/article/pay-farmers-not-grow-crops-dont/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20farm%20program%20pays,no%20longer%20grow%20that%20crop.
What is the Farm Bill? - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
The farm bill is a package of legislation that has a tremendous impact on farming livelihoods, how food is grown, and what kinds of foods are grown.
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If a government controls what you can grow on your own land, you’re not free … you’re controlled.
1.) What is the Farm Bill?
The farm bill is a package of legislation passed roughly once every five years that has a tremendous impact on farming livelihoods, how food is grown, and what kinds of foods are grown. Covering programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families, from beginning farmer training to support for sustainable farming practices, the farm bill sets the stage for our food and farm systems.
The original farm bill(s) were enacted in three stages during the 1930s as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation. Its three original goals – to keep food prices fair for farmers and consumers, ensure an adequate food supply, and protect and sustain the country’s vital natural resources – responded to the economic and environmental crises of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. While the farm bill has changed in the last 70 years, its primary goals are the same.
Farm Bill Basics
1. WHAT DOES THE FARM BILL COVER?
2. WHO IN CONGRESS WRITES THE FARM BILL?
3. WHAT ISN’T IN THE FARM BILL?
4. HOW MUCH DOES THE FARM BILL COST?
5. HOW DOES THE FARM BILL PROCESS WORK?
6. FARM BILL WEBINARS
SOURCE : https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/
2.) They Pay Farmers Not to Grow Crops, Don’t They?
The U.S. farm program pays subsidies to farmers not to grow crops in environmentally sensitive areas and makes payments to farmers based on what they have grown historically, even though they may no longer grow that crop.
[ “The examples mentioned here vary widely. The Rotterdam experiment shows how technology can be used to recruit and then confirm behavior. While this system is performance-based and run by private operators, the financial incentive of as much as $6.50 (5 Euros) per AM trip seems quite high. The Stanford and Singapore rail examples offer much lower costs per trip, perhaps the chance to win more appeals to participants. The WSDOT program covers multiple urban centers in the state and thus is less direct in terms of geography and relies on matching funds from public and private partners.” ]
SOURCE : https://enotrans.org/article/pay-farmers-not-grow-crops-dont/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20farm%20program%20pays,no%20longer%20grow%20that%20crop.
3.) Seed laws that criminalise farmers: resistance and fightback
Seeds are under attack everywhere. Under corporate pressure, laws in many countries increasingly put limitations on what farmers can do with their seeds and with the seeds they buy. Seed saving, a thousand-year-old practice which forms the basis of farming, is fast becoming criminalised. What can we do about this?
Table of contents
Introduction
1. How seed laws make farmers’ seeds illegal
2. African seeds: a treasure under threat
3. The Americas: massive resistance against “Monsanto laws”
4. Asia: the struggle against a new wave of industrial seeds
5. Europe: farmers strive to rescue agricultural diversity
Conclusion
Glossary
Acronyms
SOURCE : https://grain.org/en/article/5142-seed-laws-that-criminalise-farmers-resistance-and-fightback
1.) What is the Farm Bill?
The farm bill is a package of legislation passed roughly once every five years that has a tremendous impact on farming livelihoods, how food is grown, and what kinds of foods are grown. Covering programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families, from beginning farmer training to support for sustainable farming practices, the farm bill sets the stage for our food and farm systems.
The original farm bill(s) were enacted in three stages during the 1930s as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation. Its three original goals – to keep food prices fair for farmers and consumers, ensure an adequate food supply, and protect and sustain the country’s vital natural resources – responded to the economic and environmental crises of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. While the farm bill has changed in the last 70 years, its primary goals are the same.
Farm Bill Basics
1. WHAT DOES THE FARM BILL COVER?
2. WHO IN CONGRESS WRITES THE FARM BILL?
3. WHAT ISN’T IN THE FARM BILL?
4. HOW MUCH DOES THE FARM BILL COST?
5. HOW DOES THE FARM BILL PROCESS WORK?
6. FARM BILL WEBINARS
SOURCE : https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/
2.) They Pay Farmers Not to Grow Crops, Don’t They?
The U.S. farm program pays subsidies to farmers not to grow crops in environmentally sensitive areas and makes payments to farmers based on what they have grown historically, even though they may no longer grow that crop.
[ “The examples mentioned here vary widely. The Rotterdam experiment shows how technology can be used to recruit and then confirm behavior. While this system is performance-based and run by private operators, the financial incentive of as much as $6.50 (5 Euros) per AM trip seems quite high. The Stanford and Singapore rail examples offer much lower costs per trip, perhaps the chance to win more appeals to participants. The WSDOT program covers multiple urban centers in the state and thus is less direct in terms of geography and relies on matching funds from public and private partners.” ]
SOURCE : https://enotrans.org/article/pay-farmers-not-grow-crops-dont/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20farm%20program%20pays,no%20longer%20grow%20that%20crop.
3.) Seed laws that criminalise farmers: resistance and fightback
Seeds are under attack everywhere. Under corporate pressure, laws in many countries increasingly put limitations on what farmers can do with their seeds and with the seeds they buy. Seed saving, a thousand-year-old practice which forms the basis of farming, is fast becoming criminalised. What can we do about this?
Table of contents
Introduction
1. How seed laws make farmers’ seeds illegal
2. African seeds: a treasure under threat
3. The Americas: massive resistance against “Monsanto laws”
4. Asia: the struggle against a new wave of industrial seeds
5. Europe: farmers strive to rescue agricultural diversity
Conclusion
Glossary
Acronyms
SOURCE : https://grain.org/en/article/5142-seed-laws-that-criminalise-farmers-resistance-and-fightback
What is the Farm Bill? - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
The farm bill is a package of legislation that has a tremendous impact on farming livelihoods, how food is grown, and what kinds of foods are grown.
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