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Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Merrigan steps down
Kathleen Merrigan, who had been serving as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture under Tom Vilsack, announced on March 14 that she would be stepping down from her post at the end of April. Merrigan has been considered a success in the … Continue reading
Local Food Awareness Day needs you!
On March 13 you can have a chance to directly influence the legislative process at the state capitol in Springfield in the form of Local Food Awareness Day, a lobbying push for small farm-friendly legislation all across the state. The … Continue reading
U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack pushes for progress on Farm Bill
Now that the presidential election is over, and a new session of Congress has officially convened (their first day was yesterday), the government is focusing once again on the critically important Farm Bill, a $500 billion behemoth of a bill … Continue reading
Beyond Energy Efficiency: Behavior Change Tactics for the Pollution Prevention Community
Come to the kick-off of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center’s spring Sustainability Seminar tomorrow (Jan 17) from 2 – 3 pm. Susan Mazur-Stommen, Director of Behavior and Human Dimensions Program at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Susan will … Continue reading
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GMO’s: Labels, or no Labels?
As the world’s population expands, we require more and more food, which necessitates ever more effective technology and robust yields. In this country, one of the ways we have come to deal with this problem is through Genetically Modified Organisms, … Continue reading
Local agriculture experiences welcome growth at Hendrick House
Alisa DeMarco’s first year at Hendrick House has been marked with huge strides towards more sustainable food options and integration more local foods on campus. Hendrick House has been a privately owned residence hall on the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign … Continue reading
Posted in Local Foods, News, Organic Agriculture, Student Voices, Uncategorized
Tagged Alisa DeMarco, Hendrick House, organic
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New Urban Gardening Research And More – Get Up to Speed!
Article by Laura Witzling The first community gardening literature review has been published, a massive quantitative research study on urban soil in New York community gardens is underway, Mother Jones just featured a powerful spread of photographs from a Chicago … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Student Voices, Uncategorized, Urban Agriculture
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What’s in a Word?
For the consumer who shops for food with an emphasis on questions like “who grew this?” and “how was this grown?” life can sometimes be difficult. Let’s face it, oftentimes it takes a degree in chemistry to recognize all the ingredients … Continue reading
Farmers vs. Monsanto
Agriculture giant Monsanto has been taking a lot of heat lately, arguably for good reason. Specifically, for a pleasant little habit of suing farmers for patent infringement after said farmer’s crops had been unintentionally contaminated by Monsanto’s genetically modified seed. … Continue reading
Posted in Organic Agriculture, Uncategorized
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Farm Bill: Drought Puts Pressure on GOP
One in a continuing series of posts concerning the 2012 Farm Bill Up to this point, the strategy of the GOP House leadership concerning the proposed 2012 Farm Bill has been one of apathy; afraid of showing splits in their … Continue reading
