WomenLeaders Talk Local Agi - Mapping Farms

See the video at the link below:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/07/17/women-leaders-local-food-agriculture-virtual-roundtable

In a live Google+ Hangout, USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and White House Director of Public Engagement Jon Carson will join women leaders across the country to discuss local food and agriculture, answer questions submitted by the public, and launch the latest version of Compass, the interactive Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food map.

CSAs use Open House Events to ...

Local CSAs have Open Houses and other events to help their members understand more about the food they are eating. Here is some snipets from the informative Open House at StarlightGardens in May. 

AFT’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets™ contest

The purpose of the contest is to raise national awareness about local farmers markets, the role they play in supporting local farms, and the importance of protecting American farmland.

Here are more ways you can help support your favorite farmers market and help keep farmers on the land: Share the contest with your friends. Support AFT’s effective solutions to protect farmland. Help save an acre of farmland. Spread the word. Sign up and get your FREE No Farms, No Food® bumper sticker.

Big Food at the Peabody

Learned of this Special Exhibit with ongoing events late -- but there is plenty more good stuff to experience.  BIG FOOD at Peabody Museum: our evolutionary history, our complex food environment, and the serious health consequences of obesity.

What is In Season, EarthDay at QU

New Video from QU Earth Day Event:  View Here.

EarthDay_at QU

 

Submitted by Kristen Richardson
Biology Department

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The Worst Farm Bill Ever?

Here is an article explaining the challenges:
https://www.freespeech.org/text/worst-farm-bill-ever