Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. October 1, 2007. An interview with a leading food expert on the crisis of the America food system, the fallacy of labels and the organic vs. local conundrum.
Nancy Scola, AlterNet. September 19, 2007. Heard about the thousands of farmer suicides in India? Well, Iraqi farmers may be next thanks to the work of U.S. diplomat Paul Bremer and his Monsanto friends.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. September 19, 2007. A new animal-tracking system could put Big Brother in your backyard -- even if you're not a farmer.
Lisa M. Hamilton, AlterNet. May 25, 2007. From the news these days you'd think farmers have never had a better friend than ethanol. But if you actually are a farmer, ethanol, with the high corn prices it brings, is looking less and less like a blessing -- and more like a curse.
Jason Mark, AlterNet. January 25, 2007. A new federal program for livestock tracking will benefit big corporations, threaten small producers and do nothing to protect consumer health.
Debra Eschmeyer, National Family Farm Coalition. December 5, 2006. When the food industry becomes a monopoly marketplace, it doesn't just affect the local farmer. It affects you. Lack of competition drives prices up and consumer choices down.
Jason Mark, Grist.org. November 29, 2006. Facing growing competition from cotton growers overseas, the American cotton industry is shrinking but still using inefficient and ecologically unsustainable techniques for harvest and distribution.
