Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
News Mentions
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of April 5, 2015
Posted on April 1, 2015
Background information for “Where’s the Love?”
Farm and Food File column for the week of Sunday, April 5, 2015
Vilsack’s SNAP op-ed with comments from Wall Street Journal, March 27
Who are SNAP Recipients, via USDA, December 2014
Policy basics: SNAP facts and figures, January 2015
Projected costs, cuts, & effects of “block granting” SNAP to states
Cost & participation in […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 29, 2015
Posted on March 25, 2015
Background information for “Oink If It Smells Like Free Trade”
Farm and Food File column for the week of Sunday, March 29, 2015
Paul Krugman essays on free trade:
http://bernard.pitzer.edu/~lyamane/poptrade.html
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/ricardo.htm
Benefits of Trans-Pacific Partners trade pact, including state-by-state interactive map
Why Was Paul Krugman So Wrong, from The Nation, April 1, 2013
Japan’s hog farmers offer tariff cut, from Bloomberg News
No […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 22, 2015
Posted on March 18, 2015
Background information for “The Numbers Never Add Up”
Farm and Food File column for the week of Sunday, March 22, 2015
Aaron Schock resigns, from Politico
Aaron Schock resigns amid spending questions, from Associated Press
University of Missouri’s FAPRI briefing book (see page 47)
House budget’s impact on ag, from Agri-Pulse
House Budget Plan, from The New York Times
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 15, 2015
Posted on March 11, 2015
Background information for “What Your Friends Are Saying About You”
Farm and Food File for the week of Sunday, March 15, 2015
Ag Summit Coverage, from The Des Moines Register, March 8
Jeb Bush at Iowa Ag Summit, from The New York Times, March 8
Ten Takeaways from Iowa Ag Summit, from Politico, March 7
Ag Summit Coverage from The […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 8, 2015
Posted on March 4, 2015
Background information for “Please, Just Bruce, not Kingmaker”
Farm and Food File column for the week of March 8, 2015
Iowa Ag Summit
Des Moines Register profile of Bruce Rastetter, host of “Ag Summit”
The GOP money chase, from The New York Times
The Real Iowa Kingmaker, from Politico
Des Moines Register guest editorial questioning Rastetter and his “Ag Summit”
2012 Farm and […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 1, 2015
Posted on February 25, 2015
Background information for “Food Guidelines and Average Old You and Me”
Farm and Food File for the week of Sunday, March 1, 2015
2015 Dietary Guidelines – Advisory Committee Report
Washington Post story on Dietary Guidelines
The Government’s Bad Diet Advice, from The New York Times
The Mermaid’s Tale Blog: When Methodology Fails
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 22, 2015
Posted on February 18, 2015
Background information for “Past Present, Present Future”
Farm and Food File column for the week of February 22, 2015
The Keeney Place: A Life in the Heartland
Dennis R. Keeney
2015
110 pages, $14.95
Levins Publishing
www.TheKeeneyPlace.com
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber
2014
486 pages, $29.95
Penguin Press
www.thethirdplate.com
Full Disclosure:
I know both Dennis Keeney and Dan Barber. I met Dr. Keeney […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 8, 2015
Posted on February 4, 2015
Background information for “Diverse, Concentrated–Big Ag, New Ag?”
Farm and Food File column for the week of February 8, 2015
The Progressive Farmer, February 2015 issue
Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farms
YouTube videos of Progressive Farmer’s 2015 Best Young Farmers & Ranchers
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 1, 2015
Posted on January 28, 2015
Background information for “Big Ag’s Weak Hand in Nitrate Fight”
Farm and Food File column for the week of February 1, 2015
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/crop/des-moines-water-works-to-sue-counties-over-nitrate-issues/article_bab0e80c-9b3c-11e4-a091-7b284dd2de61.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2015/01/22/stowe-board-show-courage-leadership/22202323/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/green-fields/2014/06/17/stowe-iowa-ccci-pressure-environmental-board-members-to-abstain/10673363/
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/crop/northey-optimisic-about-avoiding-water-quality-lawsuit/article_fbb2ed04-a25e-11e4-8f19-4f2db1bd9057.html
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of January 25, 2015
Posted on January 22, 2015
Background information for “The COOL Facts”
Farm and Food File column for the week of January, 25, 2015
January 13, 2015 Report: Preliminary Estimates of the Impacts of U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) on Cattle Trade by C. Robert Taylor