Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
News Mentions
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of January 11, 2015
Posted on January 6, 2015
Background information for “Welcome Back, Foodie”
Farm and Food File column for the week of January 11, 2015
Food Prices and Spending, as detailed by USDA
U.S. Organic Sales, from TIME
Harvard Sugar Study
Fat and Sugar as Percentage of U.S. Diet, from Grist
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of January 4, 2015
Posted on December 29, 2014
Background information for “Dirty Year”
Farm and Food File column for the week of January 4, 2015
UN’s FAO portal for 2015 International Year of Soils
FAO’s global soils map
2001 NRCS research paper on global soil degradation
Agri-Pulse on 2015 Year of Soils
The lowdown on dirt from Food Tank
University of Illinois Press Blog: Howard’s Best Christmas Ever
Posted on December 23, 2014
In this video clip from the University of Illinois Press, Alan shares his fond memories of Howard the Dairyman’s Best Christmas Ever. Alan wrote the column “Howard’s Priceless Gift of Simple Giving” more than 20 years ago; its incredible reader response came as a great surprise and later inspired the forthcoming book The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey. The column is now […]
Radio Interview with Ag Today in Central Ohio
Posted on December 23, 2014
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) works to promote sustainable, local, and organic agriculture that builds strong rural communities, safe and healthy food systems, and preserves Ohio’s natural environment.
Alan will give the keynote address at OEFFA’s 36th annual conference on February 14, 2015. In this radio interview, Alan discusses the upcoming conference, his […]
Source: December 22, 2014 interview with Alan Guebert and Lauren Ketchum
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of December 14, 2014
Posted on December 10, 2014
Background information for “Insuring Elephants”
Farm and Food File column for the week of December 14, 2014
GAO report on reducing federal crop insurance premiums
GAO report on climate change and the need to better manage federal crop insurance
Land Stewardship Project
White papers published by the Land Stewardship Project:
http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1390/white_paper_1.pdf?cms34sid=a7cd9a05232a242de55f6badbcbd63c1
http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1400/white_paper_2.pdf
http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1410/white_paper_3.pdf
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of December 7, 2014
Posted on December 3, 2014
Background information for “Groundhog Day, Again and Again”
Farm and Food File column for the week of December 7, 2014
Congress’ Many Deadlines, from The New York Times
The struggle to renew expired tax breaks, from Reuters
Rural impact of extending the Earned Income Tax Credit, from Daily Yonder
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s estimate for 2014 tax extensions
Editorial on […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 30, 2014
Posted on November 25, 2014
Background information for “All right, already. Fix It.”
Farm and Food File column for the week of November 30, 2014
Synopsis of 2013 Senate-approved immigration reform bill, from Politico
More on Obama’s immigration plan, from The Washington Post
How Obama’s plan affects U.S. agriculture, from Agri-Pulse
Ag left out of immigration reform plan, from Great Falls Tribune
Immigration background from Pew […]
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 23, 2014
Posted on November 19, 2014
Background links for “Quantitative Spinning” Farm and Food File for the week of November 23, 2014
EU 28 ag exports
EU 28 GDP rates
U.S. unemployment, by year
U.S. GDP, by year
Japan’s weak economy, from The Washington Post
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 16, 2014
Posted on November 12, 2014
Background links for “Roberts Reboots and Other Coincidences” Farm and Food File, Week of November 16, 2014
Record campaign spending in 2014 elections
Voter turnout record low
Hawaii’s vote to ban GMO seed operations
Pat Roberts wins Kansas Senate race
Pat Roberts Wiki page
Estimated cost of Freedom to Farm
Roberts promises to leave 2014 Farm Bill alone
Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of November 2, 2014
Posted on October 29, 2014
Background information for The Endless Politics of GMOs, Farm and Food File column for the week of November 2, 2014
“Vote No” on GMOs, editorial from The Denver Post
“Shut Up And Eat” by John Lanchester, The New Yorker
“No on 105” in Colorado
Pro-GMO labeling in Colorado food fight
Oregon’s GMO labeling initiative
Give up the GMO Labeling Fight, from The Washington […]